New VMware Workstation Feature: Unity!

VMware Workstation 6.5 is out! One of the new features is a display mode similar to the “seamless” mode in VirtualBox! For those who are not aware of this feature, it allows you to “hide” the guest machine main screen encapsulated in a windows and open applications directly on the host GUI!

Here is an example of a Windows XP guest running in another Windows XP screen:

VMWare 6.5 Guest using Unity
VMWare 6.5 Guest using Unity (click to enlarge)

The guest’s graphical objects have a red border and a VMware logo in the titlebar (this is customizable). Note that only 6.5 virtual machines can use this mode (you need to convert your old VMs first!).

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