Your help and advices about Unity mode in VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Player

[chrbar]

Hi,

I've installed the last version of VMware Workstation Pro (17.6.2-24409262).

And I saw after that Unity mode is deprecated in VMware Workstation 17.6 and later.

Do you know why Unity mode is now deprecated?
Does it cause performance or stability issues?

What are your advice If I want to use Unity mode?

Can I install VMware Player 16.2.2 and run (with it) VM created from VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.x?

Fvi 16.2.2 is the last version offered from Broadcom Product Download official page.

I saw that VMware Player is discontinued, is it safe to continue to use it?

But new versions are still availables!

Does someone can explain to me?

Or is it better to install VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.2 instead of 17.6.x version, and keep this version as long as possible?

Fvi 17.5.2 is the last version under 17.6.x offered from Broadcom Product Download official page.

But I can seclect another previous version (as 16.2.5) if you recommand it to me.

Thanks a lot for your help and advices :)

Christopher

[RaSystemlord]

There is nothing wrong with 17.5.2 in Win 10 and Ryzen (or Intel). There nothing wrong with that on Win 11 24H2 on Intel either (no idea about AMD). Don't know about other scenarious, like Nested virtualization.

If you know how to Download it (you can do that from archive.org, for instance), use that. No reason to use a newer version, if they don't work. No reason to use an older version either.