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  1. 07-12-2006, 05:47 PM #1
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    Thumbs up MS Virtual PC 2004 is now free!

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
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  2. 07-13-2006, 04:45 AM #2
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    Heh - they're feeling the pressure from VMWare. How to compete? Give it away for free!
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    It appears that with this program you can have two OS on one computer. Do you need two hard drives or can you have one hard drive? Would it be possible to use both XP Pro and 98SE?

    Also, if just one HD, does that mean there are two separate registries?
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  4. 07-13-2006, 05:39 AM #4
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    Virtual PC is horrible compared to VMWare. There's a reason why it's free now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnymk
    It appears that with this program you can have two OS on one computer. Do you need two hard drives or can you have one hard drive? Would it be possible to use both XP Pro and 98SE?

    Also, if just one HD, does that mean there are two separate registries?
    One Harddrive.

    Yes, you could have both XP Pro and 98SE. (I'm guessing, since I'm assume it a wannabe-VMWare)

    The registry for your virtual computer (the one you install with Virtual PC) will be, surprise, virtual.

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  6. 07-13-2006, 06:04 AM #6
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    Well, the free MS product is about on par with the free VMWare product. The Enterprise VMWare absolutely kicks the free product's collective asses, but it's almost as expensive as buying separate machines (I think about $2k/virtual server).

    You have to have a pretty huge environment before that kind of scale makes sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnymk
    It appears that with this program you can have two OS on one computer. Do you need two hard drives or can you have one hard drive? Would it be possible to use both XP Pro and 98SE?

    Also, if just one HD, does that mean there are two separate registries?
    A VM allows you to run a "machine inside a machine". You don't need two hard drives. You can run 98SE "inside" XP, and I suppose there would be two registries. I am still playing with it.

    MS has a support newsgroup for this product, and I have been surfing there as this is new ground for me, too.


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  8. 07-13-2006, 08:01 AM #8
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    yes, you would have separate registries. it works more like a player than anything (that's why it doesn't interfere with the current OS). the whole OS is stored in a file that is played through virtual PC. everything you do only stays within the file.
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  9. 07-19-2006, 06:39 AM #9
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    Virtual PC is great in a class room or of you do alot of help desk type ops.
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