@mind: Yeah i just sorta realized that you wouldn't notice it unless you were anticipating the event... I think I would anticipate it but by your 10,000th post i guess it's not as cool lol
in vmware player (as of v3.1 I think) can create the vm files just like in the full vmware workstation, the difference is that you cannot create snapshots, which works like "restore points" for the vm and you can't do the teams features (links all associated vms as a single object for group managing) and the ability to create vsphere instances.