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VMWare player Review

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Review of VMWare player powered by the Slant community.

VMware Player is a virtualization software package supplied free of charge by VMware, Inc

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Pros

Monika
schlaumeier

Pro
Works well and fast with Windows host and Linux guest

Monika
schlaumeier

Pro
3D graphic support

Not sure about games but WebGL works ok.

RickZeeland

Pro
Microsoft VM support

Also supports Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines.

RickZeeland

Pro
User friendly

Somewhat more user friendly than VirtualBox.

Cons

WhiteLilac
joelthelion

Con
Not open source

Which means having to install their intrusive tools manually on guest linux vms.

Commonly Compared

VMWare player
vs
V2 Cloud
15 Recommendations
Virtual Box
14 Recommendations
Oracle VirtualBox
79 Recommendations
Cameyo
1 Recommendations
Docker
31 Recommendations
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