Sweet VM directory mapping

One of the things that I REALLY like about the VMware Workstation 6 Beta that I mentioned yesterday is the VM directory mapping feature. Tiny thing that is refered right at the bottom of the Release Notes, but I think it's great. Basically, what it does is allow you to map to a drive on a VMware Image from the host machine without having to turn it on. In fact you have to remember to close it before you turn on the machine.

Again, take a look at ThinComputing.net's screencast for a demonstration.

VMware workstation Beta released

VMware has just released there Workstation 6 Beta out to the world to try. It's free for, I think, 30 days to try out after filling in a short questionaire.

Features of interest include:

• Multiple monitor support - interesting to see an application of this
• Automation API - for launching applications in VM from Eclispe and Visual Studio
• Better drag and drop facilities - including cross platform

More new features in the Release Notes.

Michel Roth of thincomputing.net has a neat little screencast (flash) that you can view some of the new features.