Well, I tried to upgrade to VMware Workstation 7.0 on my aging IBM T42.  It doesn't work, since the Pentium M 745 processor doesn't support PAE.  VMware has a KB article discussing the change:

Due to changes in how Workstation 7 runs virtual machines, a new requirement is that host system CPUs must support PAE (Physical Address Extension) instructions. This was not a requirement in Workstation 6.x or earlier. Contact your CPU vendor to determine if your CPU has support for PAE.

I guess this is yet another indication I should toss the T42?

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