All releases tagged Major feature enhancements
Release Notes: A modern 64-bit CPU is now required. Virtual hardware was improved, with better support for Unity and multiple monitors, support for up to 64GB of memory, an HD Audio device for Windows guests, USB 3.0 support through a new virtual xHCI USB controller (for Linux guests only), and sharing of Bluetooth devices with Windows guests.
Release Notes: A modern 64-bit CPU is now required. Virtual hardware improvements include support for 64 GB of virtual memory, multi-monitor support, an HD audio device, USB 3.0, Bluetooth devices shared with the host, and Virtual Intel VT-X/EPT or AMD-V/RVI CPU features. The GUI was enhanced. Virtual machines can now be shared with remote users, including AutoStart. Various other improvements were made.
Release Notes: OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows 7 and Vista guests has been introduced. Graphics performance has improved. OVF 1.1 support has been added to allow interaction with VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud. Support has been added for eight-way SMP and for 2 TB large virtual and raw disks. Intel's AES-NI instructions are now supported to improve performance with encrypted virtual disks. The list of supported operating systems has been expanded.
Release Notes: OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows 7 and Vista guests has been introduced. Graphics performance has improved. OVF 1.1 support has been added to allow interaction with VMware vSphere and VMware vCloud. Support has been added for eight-way SMP and for 2 TB large virtual and raw disks. Intel's AES-NI instructions are now supported to improve performance with encrypted virtual disks. The list of supported operating systems has been expanded.
Release Notes: VMs can now be created. A new UI was introduced. Several new operating systems are officially supported as guests and hosts. Support for Windows 7 and its Windows XP Mode was enhanced, including 3D graphics improvements. Virtual printing was introduced. ALSA audio is now supported on Linux hosts. Drag and drop support was enhanced. Multi-monitor display support was added.
Release Notes: Several new operating systems are officially supported as guests and hosts. Support for Windows 7 and its Windows XP Mode was enhanced, including 3D graphics improvements. ESX 4.0 can now run as a guest OS. Virtual printing was introduced. VMs can now be secured with with AES256 encryption, and can be instantaneously paused. ALSA is now supported on Linux hosts. Virtual Disks can now be expanded and compacted. Drag and drop support was enhanced. Configuration of Virtual Networks is eased through a new editor, and IPv6 support was added. Virtual Disks can now be mounted using FUSE under Linux.
Release Notes: This release introduces Unity View (integrating guest applications with the host), an installer bundle for Linux hosts providing a graphical UI wizard, and accelerated 3D graphics (DirectX 9 accelerated graphics with shaders up through Shader Model 2.0) on Windows XP guests. Operating system support was expanded. Several other enhancements and performance improvements were made.
Release Notes: This major release introduces VI Web Access, VMware remote console, USB 2.0 device support, increased RAM support (8GB instead of 3.6GB per virtual machine), improved 64-bit guest support, native 64-bit host support on Linux, quiesced backups of virtual machines, a VMCI Sockets interface, and hot add and remove for SCSI hard disks.
Release Notes: Many enhancements were made, including support for several new operating systems, integration of ACE authoring features, the ability to start VMs in streaming mode, an installation wizard GUI with an alternative command line mode, an "Easy Install" option for unattended installation of several Windows OSs and Linux distributions, Unity mode, accelerated 3D graphics for Windows XP guests, a graphical virtual network editor for Linux hosts, enhancement of VM record and replay, virtual hardware updates for hot-plugging, and more.
Release Notes: Support for additional host and guest operating systems was added. Unity mode, allowing guest applications to integrate with the host desktop, was introduced. Accelerated 3D graphics are now available on Windows XP guests, supporting DirectX 9 up through Shader Model 2.0. VM record and replay was enhanced. The virtual hardware was updated for hot-plugging, to add LSI Logic SAS adapters, and for 3D graphics.
