VM Player 运行虚拟实例，但无法创建虚拟机。 [编辑：现在可以了。] Workstation 允许创建和管理虚拟机。如果您有第二台机器，您可以在其中一台机器上创建虚拟机，并在另一台机器上与播放器一起运行它。我购买了 Workstation，并使用它来设置测试播放器运行的虚拟机。希望这能为您解释。
VM Player runs a virtual instance, but can't create the vm. [Edit: Now it can.] Workstation allows for the creation and administration of virtual machines. If you have a second machine, you can create the vm on one and run it with the player the other machine. I bought Workstation and I use it setup testing vms that the player runs. Hope this explains it for you.
VMware Workstation is much more advanced and comes with powerful features including snapshots, cloning, remote connections to vSphere, sharing VMs, advanced Virtual Machines settings and much more. Workstation is designed to be used by technical professionals such as developers, quality assurance engineers, systems engineers, IT administrators, technical support representatives, trainers, etc.
VMWare Player can be seen as a free, closed-source competitor to Virtualbox.
Initially VMWare Player (up to version 2.5) was intended to operate on fixed virtual operating systems (e.g. play back pre-created virtual disks).
Many advanced features such as vsphere are probably not required by most users, and VMWare Player will provide the same core technologies and 3D acceleration as the ESX Workstation solution.
From my experience VMWare Player 5 is faster than Virtualbox 4.2 RC3 and has better SMP performance. Both are great however, each with its own unique advantages. Both are somewhat lacking in 2D rendering performance.
How does VMware Player compare to VMware Workstation? VMware Player enables you to quickly and easily create and run virtual machines. However, VMware Player lacks many powerful features, remote connections to vSphere, drag and drop upload to vSphere, multiple Snapshots and Clones, and much more.
Not being able to revert snapshots it's a big no for me.
在我的工作中，我们选择 Workstation 而不是 Player 的一个主要原因是我们需要运行使用物理磁盘而不是虚拟磁盘作为硬盘驱动器的虚拟机。 Workstation 支持使用物理磁盘，而 Player 不支持。
One main reason we went with Workstation over Player at my job is because we need to run VMs that use a physical disk as their hard drive instead of a virtual disk. Workstation supports using physical disks while Player does not.
Workstation 具有 Player 所缺乏的一些功能，例如团队（通过专用 LAN 网段连接的虚拟机组）和多级快照树。它针对高级用户和开发人员；他们甚至有一些钩子可以使用主机上的调试器来调试虚拟机中的代码（包括内核级的东西）。但核心技术是相同的。
Workstation has some features that Player lacks, such as teams (groups of VMs connected by private LAN segments) and multi-level snapshot trees. It's aimed at power users and developers; they even have some hooks for using a debugger on the host to debug code in the VM (including kernel-level stuff). The core technology is the same, though.
我在其专用的快速硬盘驱动器上运行带有 VM 磁盘文件的 Player，独立于操作系统硬盘驱动器。 这允许操作系统和播放器同时独立地读取/写入自己的驱动器，性能差异非常明显，并且第二个 WD Black 或 Raptor 或 SSD 很便宜。 将 VM 磁盘文件放置在第二个驱动器上也适用于 Microsoft Virtual PC。
re: VMware Workstation support for physical disks vs virtual disks.
I run Player with the VM Disk files on their own dedicated fast hard drive, independent from the OS hard drive. This allows both the OS and Player to simultaneously independently read/write to their own drives, the performance difference is noticeable, and a second WD Black or Raptor or SSD is cheap. Placing the VM disk file on a second drive also works with Microsoft Virtual PC.
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VM Player 运行虚拟实例，
但无法创建虚拟机。[编辑：现在可以了。] Workstation 允许创建和管理虚拟机。如果您有第二台机器，您可以在其中一台机器上创建虚拟机，并在另一台机器上与播放器一起运行它。我购买了 Workstation，并使用它来设置测试播放器运行的虚拟机。希望这能为您解释。编辑：根据常见问题解答：
VM Player runs a virtual instance,
but can't create the vm.[Edit: Now it can.] Workstation allows for the creation and administration of virtual machines. If you have a second machine, you can create the vm on one and run it with the player the other machine. I bought Workstation and I use it setup testing vms that the player runs. Hope this explains it for you.Edit: According to the FAQ:
VMWare Player 可以被视为免费、闭源Virtualbox 的竞争对手。
最初VMWare Player（最高版本2.5）旨在在固定虚拟操作系统上运行（例如播放预先创建的虚拟磁盘）。
大多数用户可能不需要许多高级功能，例如vsphere，VMWare Player将提供与ESX Workstation相同的核心技术和3D加速> 解决方案。
根据我的经验，VMWare Player 5 比 Virtualbox 4.2 RC3 更快，并且具有更好的 SMP 性能。然而，两者都很棒，各有其独特的优势。两者在 2D 渲染性能上都有些欠缺。
请参阅官方常见问题解答和功能比较表。
VMWare Player can be seen as a free, closed-source competitor to Virtualbox.
Initially VMWare Player (up to version 2.5) was intended to operate on fixed virtual operating systems (e.g. play back pre-created virtual disks).
Many advanced features such as vsphere are probably not required by most users, and VMWare Player will provide the same core technologies and 3D acceleration as the ESX Workstation solution.
From my experience VMWare Player 5 is faster than Virtualbox 4.2 RC3 and has better SMP performance. Both are great however, each with its own unique advantages. Both are somewhat lacking in 2D rendering performance.
See the official FAQ, and a feature comparison table.
来自 http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html：
无法恢复快照对我来说是一个很大的问题。
from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html:
Not being able to revert snapshots it's a big no for me.
在我的工作中，我们选择 Workstation 而不是 Player 的一个主要原因是我们需要运行使用物理磁盘而不是虚拟磁盘作为硬盘驱动器的虚拟机。 Workstation 支持使用物理磁盘，而 Player 不支持。
One main reason we went with Workstation over Player at my job is because we need to run VMs that use a physical disk as their hard drive instead of a virtual disk. Workstation supports using physical disks while Player does not.
Workstation 具有 Player 所缺乏的一些功能，例如团队（通过专用 LAN 网段连接的虚拟机组）和多级快照树。它针对高级用户和开发人员；他们甚至有一些钩子可以使用主机上的调试器来调试虚拟机中的代码（包括内核级的东西）。但核心技术是相同的。
Workstation has some features that Player lacks, such as teams (groups of VMs connected by private LAN segments) and multi-level snapshot trees. It's aimed at power users and developers; they even have some hooks for using a debugger on the host to debug code in the VM (including kernel-level stuff). The core technology is the same, though.
回复：VMware Workstation 对物理磁盘与虚拟磁盘的支持。
我在其专用的快速硬盘驱动器上运行带有 VM 磁盘文件的 Player，独立于操作系统硬盘驱动器。
这允许操作系统和播放器同时独立地读取/写入自己的驱动器，性能差异非常明显，并且第二个 WD Black 或 Raptor 或 SSD 很便宜。
将 VM 磁盘文件放置在第二个驱动器上也适用于 Microsoft Virtual PC。
re: VMware Workstation support for physical disks vs virtual disks.
I run Player with the VM Disk files on their own dedicated fast hard drive, independent from the OS hard drive.
This allows both the OS and Player to simultaneously independently read/write to their own drives, the performance difference is noticeable, and a second WD Black or Raptor or SSD is cheap.
Placing the VM disk file on a second drive also works with Microsoft Virtual PC.