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New Features of This Releasd
Improved Host Operating System Support
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
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Newer Linux distributions including Red Hat Linux 7.1, SuSE Linux 7.2,
Linux-Mandrake 8.0 and other distributions running 2.4.7 kernels.
Improved Guest Operating System Support
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Home Edition
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Microsoft Windows Me
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New Linux distributions
Support for New Devices
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USB devices
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DVD-ROM: access data on DVD-ROM media (data only; not movies)
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Access data stored in CD-ROM ISO images
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SCSI generic device support: directly access SCSI scanners,
tape drives and other peripherals
Large Virtual Disk Support
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Up to 128GB (IDE) and 256GB (SCSI) virtual disks
Improved Performance
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Improved mouse responsiveness and smoothness
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Higher CPU, networking, and disk I/O performance
New User Interface
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Significant enhancements for Windows hosts
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New Windows XP OS-style interface
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Virtual machine lists
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Easier-to-use configuration editor and add device wizard
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Screen shot capture utility
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Improved wizard for creating virtual machines
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New easier to use toolbar
More Powerful Networking
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Built-in Network Address Translation
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Expanded virtual networking capabilities, now supports nine virtual Ethernet switches
Other New Features
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Laptop NIC support: automatic switching between docked/undocked mode
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Guest OS Kits for Microsoft Windows
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Improved VMware Tools
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