VMware Workstation 7.1 enhancements

I have decided to update my current VMware workstation 7.0.1 installation I have on my desktop to the latest available release 7.1. Further follows a quick comparison of the most interesting features and enhancements between these two releases:

WS7.1 officially support many latest versions of well-known Linux distros like RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu

WS7.1 supports OVF1.1 via ovftool which is part of the installer

WS7.1 has higher limits for guest's vCPUs - from 4 to 8 and guest's virtual disk - from 950GB to 2TB

WS7.1 is capable of automatic downloads and updates of WMware Tools

Eventually, I would like to remember what new features VMware Workstation 7.0 came with:

32GB of guest's virtual RAM

cross-platform license serial numbers

pause running guest instead of suspending it or even powering it off

import of Windows XP mode virtual machine

GUI editor for virtual networks

support for Windows 7 as guests

support ESX hypervisor running as guest

That's not everything at all. The official release notes for ​​VMware Workstation 7.1​​​ and ​​7.0​​ are more comprehensive.