esxi only or vmplayer?

[ZenMasta]

I'm trying to figure out a solution to my problem.

Problem is that I have 2 computers that need to be replaced. But they have legacy software not compatible with windows 7 and that's pretty much all that's available now.

So I want to convert the 2 computers to a vmware instance.  But my question is concering the converter. Does it only convert to a esxi compatible instance or would the file work with vmware player?

My thought would be that I can get a new computer and setup the old computer as a vm and just use vmplayer to use the old system etc.

LATER down the road then I was thinking esxi and then we could just connect via RDP.

I would prefer to NOT use esxi right now because the hardware I would use for esxi is currently being used and I'm not ready to tackle on that project yet unless that is the only option.

Thanks

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

You can specify both, vSphere and VMware Workstation (that's what you have to specify for VMware Player too) as the target in the Converter.

André

[ZenMasta]

Thanks, this is going to make my life much easier.