Think you're downloading that useful piece of software...?

And what about all the additional software they want to you download?

Scott Hanselman produced the following blog post regarding download wrappers and unwanted software. Take time to read it, and if possible pass on.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DownloadWrappersAndUnwantedSoftwareArePureEvil.aspx

So you can't install the ESX hypervisor...

...because you receive the error:

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Well it appears that VMware upped the minimum required RAM to 4GB for v5.5 (in v5.1 and below it was only 2GB).

Fortunately, fixing it is a relatively painless and simple process...well for someone considering running an ESX server it's a simple process!

Rather than recreate the steps, I'll simply direct you to...Simon Simonnæs Tech Blog or more specifically Installing ESXi 5 on less than 2GB RAM.

Although, the instructions are based on systems running on 2GB the principle is exactly the same and following the instructions worked for me!