Step 1 - Get VMware Workstation
To get VMware Workstation, you must first request a Product Key from VMware.
Follow this link to get the key for the trial: https://www.vmware.com/...
Creating a new VMware account is a little bit annoying, as they ask quite a lot of personal questions, but what you "really" need here is a valid e-mail address - your honesty for the rest of it is not really our concern. After registering, you will get an e-mail to the account you specified with information on retrieving a key. You will need this key during the installation of VMware Workstation 8. You can also download the VMware Workstation...