Best Virtualisation Software?

[Sysman]

at $189.00 it almost is free.

I have been using the free version of VMWare (VMWare Player) so far.
Is there much of a difference between that and work station?

Aye, at that price I'm tempted.

Not an official guide, but What is the difference between Workstation, Player and Server?

[portseven]

I always thought zVM was the best virtualisation software

Though you do need a Mainframe to run it.....

[Sysman]

at $189.00 it almost is free.

I have been using the free version of VMWare (VMWare Player) so far.
Is there much of a difference between that and work station?

I've had a play with VMware Player and the Unity function is well sexy - you can put client apps onto the host desktop, access the client Start menu from the host etc.

I'm going to go for the Workstation version.

[dangly]

+1 for VirtualBox, even though it has been brought into the Evil Empire.

I use it pretty much every day, all day long for my windows development env. and its rock solid. Currently running version 4.

I tried VMWare's free offerings back in the day which were good, but there product set kept changing so much, I never knew which version to use.

Gave up using MS Virtual PC on day 1.

D.

[Sysman]

There's currently an offer on VMware Workstation 7:

VMware Workstation 7.1 at 20% Off - Limited Time Offer: 115.00 GBP, 151.00 USD, 122,00 Euro

Could this mean a new version is around the corner?