Copying VM's from ESX to Workstation
To copy a VM from ESX to Workstation, or vice versa, you can use the VMware Standalone converter, but a faster way may be to just copy the vmdk files from one technology to the other. Details about how this can be found here: http://sostechblog.com/2011/03/30/moving-vms-from-esx-to-workstation/