Did some one say you get what u pay for :P. As Vmware workstation is a paid product usually stuff work nicer in it :). I have run several Solaris machine in Vmware workstation without any problem at all even posted some of my experiences and video on my blog at:
http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-vmware/solaris-10-x86-under-vmware.html You might find something useful in there as well. VMware Workstation Rock!!! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org