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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Technical Overview
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| Sum Juan 2004-01-02, 7:25 pm |
| On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:56:05 -0000, mikefoot2 <mikefoot2@ic24.net> wrote:
> check this site out - great new product ?
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> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...echoverview.asp
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I installed it yesterday but haven't played about with it too much. Maybe
after weekend I'll be able to say more on how it performs. When you
configure a Virtual PC you get to choose which OS to install and there is
an 'Other' entry so it might also allow Linux mas well as OS/2 etc etc.
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| Trust No One® 2004-01-03, 9:25 am |
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mikefoot2 wrote:
> check this site out - great new product ?
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> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...echoverview.asp
The pricing at $129 for a single user license is certainly much more
reasonable than Vmware Workstation at around $300. Certainly makes it viable
for inclusion in a home MCSE lab setup.
I'd love to get hold of an evaluation version.
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| Mario L 2004-01-03, 5:24 pm |
| well I have it and there are some difference between vmware en virtual pc...
No support for linux, the network simulation is better in vmware... e.o.,
but like you say for a mcse training and simulation is this indeed good...
i'm testing the virtual server version now....
M.
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> The pricing at $129 for a single user license is certainly much more
> reasonable than Vmware Workstation at around $300. Certainly makes it
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> for inclusion in a home MCSE lab setup.
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> I'd love to get hold of an evaluation version.
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> Peter <X-Files Fan>
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| Sum Juan 2004-01-03, 6:24 pm |
| On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:48:19 GMT, Mario L <news@lermitte.be> wrote:
> well I have it and there are some difference between vmware en virtual
> pc...
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> No support for linux, the network simulation is better in vmware... e.o.,
> but like you say for a mcse training and simulation is this indeed
> good...
> i'm testing the virtual server version now....
MS Virtual PC does support Red Hat Linux. I missed it at first .....
Page 7:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...al_Overview.doc
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Microsoft fully supports the following operating systems running in a
virtual machine on Virtual PC: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows
NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, MS-DOS®, OS/2
Warp Version 4 Fix Pack 15, OS/2 Warp Convenience Pack 1, and OS/2 Warp
Convenience Pack 2. Users can also install Windows Server operating
systems and numerous third-party operating systems, including Red Hat
Linux, Novell NetWare, and others. Any application that users install in
their virtual machines work normally, including business, education,
entertainment, Internet, and other programs. And devices that users
connect to their physical computers, such as printers, modems, CD-ROM
drives, and so on, work normally in their virtual machines. Standard USB
input devices such as keyboards and mice are supported through PS/2
emulation, but Virtual PC does not support USB devices that require their
own drivers. Virtual machines also don’t see the physical computer’s
hardware video card as a native device, so you can't install your own
video card drivers. In addition, SCSI devices are not supported in a
virtual machine.
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