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Either that you want to install some games, test some viruses, and do not want to destroy your pc or mac. Vmware is the best thing out there.,Best but not free.

Vmware is used by :

“Nostalgic people that want to play old games that doesn’t work on newer Windows Versions.”

“Programmers who want to test there games or applications over multiple platforms”

“People that want to install some programs and don`t have to worry about the system load.”

( Lets say that you have to choose between 20 sound application to use. After you will find the application that you like and you will start to delete the others applications, you will find that one program did not deleted itself so good.One still is in your computer after you deleted him, etc. )

Imagine after you spend hours installing the programs , you will have to spend maybe the same time removing them. When you have a virtual Machine, you can just undo before you installed the programs. You win a lot of time.

1. Download and instalation :

Google for “vmware workstation” or download it from the main site (You will have to register for a 30 days trial) . You will need the cd-key to install vmware.

You will get a almost 500 Mb file.

After 1-2 minutes you will have only to click next and next until you reach the Install button.

At the end you have to type the serial number

that you get it from the main site. You have to restart the computer before running Vmware Workstation. After the restart you need to accept the EULA and you are set to go.

2 . Using Vmware Workstation

Choose the Create a new virtual machine. Typical > Installer disc image file (iso) > Next

In my case, i am using CentOs 5 , with is a compiled version of Red Hat Enterprise. Choose the Guest operating system and the version and click next.

Set the name and the location of the Virtual Machine.

Select the Disk Capacity of the Virtual Machine.

6-8 GB for Cent OS . At least 10 Gb for Windows XP or Vista.

On the Last page, the Wizard let you to costomize the Hardware, select the amount of ram, network adapter, sound card, etc .

This is the first part of the Vmware Workstation Guide. Part 2 coming soon