Virtual PC

[willdwilly]

Has anyone used the software Microsoft Virtual PC 2004?? If you have what is your take on it?.Kelly

 

[linney]

That was covered in the Langalist from last week, might be worth a read, and then follow the links.

http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-04-05.htm

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=virtual+pc+2004

 

[willdwilly]

linney : Thats where I found it. I read all those links had, and would like some more input.I have been on the Langa list from it's beginnings. Kelly

 

[linney]

Then you are aware of the free trial of it for 45 days, I'd give it it a go and see if you like it.

 

[drmoran]

After I install MSVM 2004, and then install W98 (e.g.), do I then have to install Word and IE and AOL (old version, I guess) if I need to use them under 98?

 

[bcastner]

Yes, the are "virtually" completely independent installations.

 

[bmcgrathPIX]

has anyone had any luck using this with servers? I have a friend who says it works, but I cant find the official answer from MS. It would be awesome of you could run independent servers like W2K3 on a single machine!

 

[bcastner]

See:

http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html

None of the Microsoft server products are officially supported.

 

[jomusichn]

I have used it with nt4, 2000server and 2003 server with only minor driver issues.

The run slow, but it works

Thanks,
John

 

[br0ck]

VMWARE is a far better product
I have had many problems with vert.pc
imitations on machinevert. hardware configurations and app crashing

I moved to vmware and never looked back.

http://www.vmware.com/