VMware Workstation 6.5 is an outstanding tool for creating and running a wide variety of virtual machines on a stand-alone PC or laptop. It is an excellent tool for developers, multiplatform power users and anyone who needs to emulate a network of computers on a single machine. Workstation proves to be a top-notch hypervisor for running guest operating systems. It is a Type 2 hypervisor, which means it is software that installs on top of the operating system installed on the physical host system. The Easy Install feature is surprisingly, well, easy to use.

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