Download VMware Player 5.0.0 build 812388

VMware has released version 5.0.0 of Player. VMware Player is free software that can run virtual machines created with other VMware products, such as Workstation, Server, and ESX Server. Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks are also supported. In addition, several pre-installed virtual machines can be installed via this page are downloaded, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. New in version 5.0 is, among other things, that a commercial license is now also available. Furthermore, the user interface is now more similar to that of Workstation and can handle the improved virtual machines created with Workstation 9.0.

User Interface Improvements for Windows-Based VMware Player
The VMware Player user interface has been completely revamped. The new user interface conforms with Windows standards, menus have been updated, the toolbar now matches Workstation in regular and full screen mode, new device icons have been added, along with many more improvements.

Virtual Hardware Improvements
This version of VMware Player includes the same virtual hardware improvements included with Workstation. see VMware Workstation 9.0 Release Notes To try new hardware features, you must upgrade the hardware version of your virtual machine or create a new virtual machine that uses the latest virtual hardware version.

Commercial Use
VMware Player is also now available for commercial use. A commercial license for VMware Player 5 is included with VMware Fusion 5 Professional to enable customers to run virtual machines on Windows or Linux PCs and on Macs using a single license key!

Ability to Configure Network Adapters
Previously, the standalone version of VMware Player did not give users a way to select what adapter would be used for a virtual machine. With standalone VMware Player, from the menu bar, you can now select VM > Settings > Network, and use the button next to “Bridged” that says “Configure Adapters.”

If you launched VMware Player without admin privileges, the button displays a UAC shield. You can click the button and respond to the UAC prompt. This button displays a dialog box for specifying which adapters can be used for automatic bridging. This is the same dialog box currently used in Workstation, in the Virtual Network Editor, under Bridged > Automatic Settings.