Hi guys,
I know that there is already a VMWare Server Beta (free) online and that you could always use QEMU on a very fast PC.
But VMWare Player is bleeding fast, as is VMWare Workstation, and it's also free.
The VMWare Server will always lack the blazing speed you can find on WKS and Player and here is .
The downside is that you can't make your virtual machine configuration and you miss the media where to install the guest OS.
Well there's a good spot with many nice free tips on how to get around these issues and you can find it
here.
There you'll learn all about creating your
vdmk file and your
vmx file.
But if you want to skip a long reading and go right to the finish line here is
EasyVMX.
It's an internet web-tool that creates your vmx configuration file for you based on the settings you choose.
And there's more: you can
download a vdmk file from their site too.
Each vdmk file is less than 22KB (for 100GB virtual disk) and they have a lot of sizes so that you can choose the one that best suits your needs.
Hope you'll find it useful.
Cheers