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Supported Host and Guest Operating
Systems for VMware Player 3
You can check the supported host and guest operating systems list for virtual machines running in VMware
Player to verify whether your computer operating system allows you to install VMware Player.
For installation, VMware Player requires approximately 250MB (Windows) or 200MB (Linux) free disk space.
You can delete the installer after installation is complete to reclaim disk space.
For host and guest operating system support and known issues, go to the VMware Web site, and click the
Support & Downloads tab. Under Support Resources, click the Compatibility Guides link.
VMware Player is not listed, but the information for VMware Workstation 7.x is applicable to VMware Player
3.x. Operating systems that are not listed are not supported for use in a virtual machine.
Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
When you power on a virtual machine with a 64-bit guest operating system, VMware Player performs an
internal check. If the host CPU is not a supported 64-bit processor, you cannot power on the virtual machine.
VMware Player supports virtual machines with 64-bit guest operating systems, running on host machines with
the following processors:
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Most AMD64 processors (except the earliest revision C Opteron processors)
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Intel Pentium 4 and Core 2, and Core i7 processors with EM64T and Intel Virtualization Technology
VMware also provides a standalone utility that you can use without VMware Player to perform the same check
and determine whether your CPU is supported for VMware Player virtual machines with 64-bit guest operating
systems. Download the 64-bit processor check utility from the downloads area of the VMware Web site.
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