Right, right, lets all try singing from the same song book. Or whatever the expression is.
VMWare is just the company. What I am actually talking about is VMWare ESX which is virtualisation software that put the hosted OS directly onto 'bare metal' (as they seem to say).
As such, i am pretty certain that I need specfic hardware, as it's all run via a tiny wee Linux OS which only has drivers for certain kit. I think.
I should know this shit after being on the course.