All virtual machines have a hardware version. The hardware version indicates which virtual hardware features that the virtual machine supports, such as BIOS or UEFI, number of virtual slots, maximum number of CPUs, maximum memory configuration, and other hardware characteristics. The virtual machine hardware compatibility setting determines the hardware features of the virtual machine.
If you select a typical configuration, the wizard uses the default hardware compatibility setting configured in the Workstation Pro preferences. By default, the default hardware compatibility setting is the installed Workstation Pro version.
If you select a custom configuration, the New Virtual Machine wizard prompts you to select a hardware compatibility setting for the virtual machine. When you select a hardware compatibility setting, a list of the VMware products and versions that are compatible with your selection appears. Limitations and features that are not available for your selection are also listed. If a feature compatibility check box is available for your selection, you can select that check box to see a list of the additional limitations.
To deploy virtual machines to run on a different VMware product, you might need to select a hardware compatibility setting that is compatible with that product.
所有虛擬機都具有硬件版本。硬件版本指明了虛擬機支持的虛擬硬件功能（如 BIOS 或 EFI）、虛擬插槽數量、最大 CPU 數、最大內存配置，以及其他硬件特性。虛擬機硬件兼容性設置決定虛擬機的硬件功能。
如果選擇典型配置，向導會使用 Workstation Pro 首選項中配置的默認硬件兼容性設置。默認情況下，默認硬件兼容性設置為已安裝的 Workstation Pro 版本。
如果選擇自定義配置，“新建虛擬機”向導會提示您為虛擬機選擇硬件兼容性設置。在選擇硬件兼容性設置時，系統會顯示與您的選擇相兼容的 VMware 產品及版本的列表，同時也會列出您的選擇所具有的限制以及不可用的功能。如果您的選擇有對應的功能兼容性復選框，您可以選中該復選框來查看附加限制的列表。
要部署虛擬機使其運行在其他 VMware 產品上，您可能需要選擇與該產品兼容的硬件兼容性設置。