Что нового:
VMware Workstation™ 11 continues VMware’s tradition of delivering leading edge features and performance that technical professionals rely on every day when working with virtual machines. With support for the latest version of Windows and Linux, the latest processors and hardware, and the ability to connect to VMware vCloud Air, it's the perfect tool to increase productivity, save time and conquer the cloud.
New Operating System Support:
Support has been added for the following guest operating systems:
•Windows 8.1 Update
•Windows Server 2012 R2
•Windows 10 Technical Preview (Experimental support)
•Ubuntu 14.10
•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
•CentOS 7
•OpenSUSE 13.2
•SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
VMware Hardware Version 11:
Hardware versions introduce new virtual hardware functionality and new features while enabling VMware to run legacy operating systems in virtual machines. New features included in this hardware version:
•New CPU enablement, including Intel Haswell microarchitecture extension support.
Workstation 11 is optimized to take advantage of new Haswell extensions, delivering up to 45% improvement in CPU-intensive operations like multimedia, encryption/decryption, and other strenuous performance tests.
•Updated xHCI controller
•Updated NDIS drive
•Unity improvements for Windows 8.1 virtual machines
•Allocate up to 2GB video memory to a virtual machine
Improvements for high DPI displays:
Workstation 11 has been optimized to support higher resolution displays such as the new QHD+ (3200x1800) displays used in laptops and x86 tablets.
Integration with VMware vCloud Air virtual private cloud:
You can now extend and scale your virtual machines in the external cloud by connecting to vCloud Air and uploading, running, and viewing virtual machines from the Workstation 11 interface.
•Boot virtual machines with EFI support
•Create desktop shortcuts for virtual machines
Дополнительно
https://www.vmware.com/support/ws/doc/workstation-11-release-notes.html
