Mine came with VMWare Workstation 7

That laptop is pretty old. VMWare 7 isin't going to run on that. That series processor didn't have any advanced technologies that VMWare needs. You might be able to get an older version of VMWare to run on it though it may be a little slow. it also may be hard to find memory for that but I may have some laying around that will work. I have piles of old memory laying around
When you get it running, post what processor is in there and I'll get the specs off of Inte'ls site. Also let me know how much memory is in it.

Here's the specs on the laptop:
https://support.acer.com/acerpanam/n...e4020sp2.shtml