VMWare Player cannot create VMs. It is used to run existing VMs (either open source based VMs available for download from VMWare's Virtual Appliances directory ( http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/ ) or created with another version of VMWare). VMWare server does allow the creation of VMs. If I understand some of the things I'm reading (and my use here at work of server and esx), major differences between server and it's payware cousin VMWare workstation are: - Server runs as a Windows service/Linux daemon - Server is client/server based. You use a console application to access your VM. (something akin to VNC) - Features Workstation has that Server does not: snapshotting of VMs, full screen mode, shared folders Here's some discussion from VMWare forums back in February: http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=347924 -Shawn Guillermo Garron wrote: > Hi, > I want to run a windows machine on my CENTOS 4.3 laptop 1.8 GHz 768 > Mbytes RAM. > first > what should i choose VMPlayer or VMWare server? > > Second where can I find some guidelines to have this done? > thanks, > Guillermo Garron > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >