Free Download VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 8.1.790308

The VMware Workstation Team is providing public access to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2012 to gather real-world feedback from users.

This VMware Workstation Technology Preview includes significant changes to our core virtualization technology. We would appreciate your feedback in the following areas:

Windows 8 – We would like you to test Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 as both host and guest OSs and report any issues that you encounter.
Graphics Rendering – We have made substantial changes to our graphics virtualization code. We are in the process of optimizing the new graphics code for performance, but currently need feedback to ensure that applications are rendering correctly and are stable.
OpenGL for Linux Guests – VMware has developed an OpenGL graphics driver and upstreamed it to X.Org. The driver has been included in the Ubuntu 12.04 Beta among other Linux distributions. We would like our users to install the Ubuntu beta as a guest OS and give us feedback on the capability and performance of the new driver.
Nested Virtualization - In Workstation 8 we made VT extensions available to the guest OS. This Technology Preview includes major changes to the implementation and we would like our users to try running ESX and Hyper-V as guests. Please read the Technology Preview – June 2012 Overview for more details.
WSX – This yet to be officially named and highly experimental service is included in this Technology Preview for Windows and Linux that enables users to access their Shared virtual machines via a web browser without installing any plug-ins or web controls.
VMware Player – The VMware Player user interface has been revamped with a new transparent appearance, menus have been updated, the toolbar now matches Worsktation in regular and Full Screen mode and we have added device icons.
Miscellaneous – There are several additional enhancements including recent searches will be remembered, tabs have been added to the full screen toolbar on Windows hosts, and the ability to download virtual machines from vSphere.