首先是看到版本号规则更改的新闻,改用25H2、26H1这样的名称,与Windows保持一致;
然后去支持门户下载,安装包只有278M了?装好了也还带了Windows.iso(VM Tools),17.6.x哪怕去掉了Windows-x86.iso也远比25H2大,肯定又是砍了一堆东西;
安装过程会提示Hyper-V是否已经开启(这个是新功能),但全程英文。想到今年2月Tools 12.5发行笔记中说下个大版本(13.x)将只支持英法西日,VMW不会也这样吧???点开发行笔记一看,果不其然。特么的10开始的国际化支持到25H2就被砍成这么点了???
尝试在NT6.3下安装,发现居然能安装,但运行报错:

你特么一开始就提示不支持不好么???
黑苹果还是一样的unlocker破解套路
装好发现任何虚拟机都启动不了了,报错如下:

在发行笔记中,这是一个已知问题:
Using third-party Vulkan graphics drivers might cause VM issues in Workstation 25H2
For example, the VM screen might freeze or during power off operation, the VM might crash.
Workaround: Open the VMX file of the guest operating system and add the following configuration property and value: mks.enableVulkanPresentation=FALSE.
When 3D acceleration is enabled, the installation process of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 fails
When creating a VM with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 and 3D acceleration is enabled, the installation of the operating system freezes with a gray screen. This issue is reported to Red Hat.
Workaround: Perform the following tasks.
In the settings of the VM, on the Hardware tab, select Display.
Under 3D graphics, deselect the Accelerate 3D Graphics check box and click OK.
问题是实际情况远比他说的严重,在我的本子上,只要开启3d加速并且没有这一行设置,任何虚拟机都启动不了。这意味着每个vmx都得手动添加这一行(除非不用3d),麻烦的一比
另外在测试中发现25H2的3d必须主机支持dx11.1,否则安装和卸载时会提示3d用不了

这个版本唯一的好处是修了这两个祖传bug
When using the power off button in the toolbar, the suspend state cannot be discarded for VMs
If the power off button in the toolbar is configured to perform a guest shutdown instead of a hard power off, when used on a suspended VM, the button fails to discard the suspend state. This issue is fixed in this release.
The Event Viewer tool on Windows displays a large number of messages from the VMware Authorization Service
An incorrect default logging configuration results in the VMware Authorization Service (vmauthd) sending an excessive number of logging messages to the Event Viewer tool. This issue is fixed in this release.
这两个也是遗留n年的老bug了
那个3d加速的bug很难受,修复前先换回17.6.4了(
25H2在程序列表中显示的版本是25.0.0也很难绷