VMware Alternatives
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Topic: VMware Alternatives
Posted By: huwnet
Subject: VMware Alternatives
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 7:38am
| Are there any good (free, and legal) alternatives to vmware? |
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 4:35pm
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good and free is an oxymoron in a lot of cases. I can not recommend any free ones as I am very happy with Microsoft Virtual PC 2005. It's cheap and works awesome. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:05pm
I've never tried VPC but I use VMWare, and if you use it it's worth a
buy. There is a free virtual pc like system that lets you run linux but
I've forgot it's name I'll let you know if I remember
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 4:41am
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Bochs is free but it isnt very good. How much does virtual pc cost? |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 8:07am
| What do these systems do? |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 11:29am
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$122 basically it is a virtual pc 
It lets you install linux and other operating systems "inside" your
current OS, all you need is a host operatin system and a copy of some
VPC software and you can install OS's inside the host OS... i.e. inside
my XP professional I have another version of XP PRO running so I can
beta test VS.net 2005 etc. safely and I also have a couple of linux
OS's installed just for the hell of it |
Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 16 April 2005 at 11:13am
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