I've just downloaded and installed the evaluation version of Workstation 8 with the view of purchasing if satisfied.

Needless to say, I am absolutely livid that the installer has broken my system and I'm spending my valuable time fixing it (manually). I have software RAID so it broke my machine completely on a reboot and wouldn't even start.

I won't be purchasing VMware Workstation, and nether will any of my team. We'll stick to VirtualBox.

This silly issue is typical of my experience with Workstation in the past. We ditched licensed copies of Workstation 4 or 5 due to silly problems and was willing to give Workstation another look this time.