- VMware Workstation Player is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked 31 alternatives to VMware Workstation Player and six of them are available for Mac.
- VMware offers a very comprehensive selection of virtualization products, with Fusion for the Apple Mac and Workstation Player for the PC. Despite the name difference, these two products offer.
- MacOS is specifically listed as not supported in the list of guest OSs for Workstation, and this is also stated in VMWare's Installing VMware Tools in a Mac OS Guest. Note: macOS guests are only supported in VMware Fusion virtual machines.
@gbiondo VMWare Workstation for Windows does have a free viewer that can run VMs so it is a valid question as to how run a VM for free under MacOS – mmmmmm Sep 13 '18 at 17:05 1 @gbiondo The question is On Windows there is free player for VMWare is there a free version ons MacOS – mmmmmm Sep 14 '18 at 9:56. How to unlock VMware Workstation Player to Install macOS guest Mac OS X Tutorial How To Unlock VMware For Use With Mac OS X Guests (Enable Mac OS X Virtual.
For Hyper-V Enabled Hosts:
CPU Requirements:
- Intel Sandy Bridge or a newer CPU
- AMD Bulldozer or a newer CPU
Host Operating Systems:
- Windows 10 2004
Minimum Requirements to Run Container Runtime on workstation Windows Host Operating Systems:
- Windows 10 1809 or higher
Minimum Requirements to Dark Theme support on Workstation Windows Host Operating Systems:
- Windows 10 1809 or higher
For 3D Hardware Accelerated Graphics Support:
Hardware Requirements:
- For Windows hosts, a GPU that supports DirectX 11 is required.
- For Linux hosts, the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers are required.
- For Linux hosts, AMD devices are not supported
Software Requirements:
64-bit Host Operating System:
- Windows 8 or higher
- GNU/Linux with NVIDIA drivers that support OpenGL 4.5 and above
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Guest Operating System
- Windows 7 or higher
- GNU/Linux with vmwgfx
*With exception, the following CPUs are not supported:
- Intel Atom processors based on the 2011 “Bonnell” micro-architecture (e.g. Atom Z670/Z650; Atom N570)
- Systems using Intel Atom processors based on the 2012 “Saltwell” micro-architecture (e.g. Atom S1200, Atom D2700/D2500, Atom N2800/N2600.
- Systems using AMD processors based on the “Llano” and “Bobcat” micro-architectures (e.g. code-named “Hondo”, “Ontario”, “Zacate”, “Llano”)
In addition, the following CPUs are supported:
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- Intel processors based on the 2010 “Westmere” micro-architecture (e.g. Xeon 5600, Xeon 3600, Core i7-970, Core i7-980, Core i7-990)
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For a complete list of supported host and guest the operating systems visit the VMware Compatibility Guide.