If you are diving into the world of enterprise virtualization or setting up a home lab, you have likely searched for the phrase "VMware ESXi 7 ISO download." On the surface, it seems simple: find a file, burn it to a USB drive, and install it. However, between version updates, hardware compatibility, free licenses, and Broadcom’s recent acquisition of VMware, the process has become more nuanced.
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