virtual machine

lumberjim · 08-31-2008, 10:30 PM

I got a new laptop that runs vista. I'm not diggin it. I heard that you could set up a 'virtual machine' and run xp.

how do you do it, exactly?

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2008, 11:37 PM

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

lumberjim · 09-01-2008, 12:21 AM

yeah....thanks.....

anyone ever actually done it?

smoothmoniker · 09-01-2008, 12:31 AM

yup. Works.

Well, haven't done it on a windows machine, but I've used the VMware stuff before, and it rocks.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2008, 12:39 AM

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9040318

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2287685,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/article/14028..._hello_xp.html

Lot's of info out there.

classicman · 09-01-2008, 09:10 AM

My daughter has Vista and HATES it.

Perry Winkle · 09-01-2008, 11:28 AM

You can always install OS X on your PC.

Undertoad · 09-01-2008, 11:31 AM

Run Linux and install Windows under a Xen instance. All the kids are doing it these days!

regular.joe · 09-01-2008, 12:21 PM

I've been running Vista since Dec. I've had no problems with it, it is easy to work in, mostly point and click. It doesn't seem to be that much different then XP, though I don't use mine for a network. The new GUI is easy enough to get around in for a knuckle head like me.

Griff · 09-01-2008, 12:42 PM

Vista crashes my machine almost daily.

lumberjim · 09-01-2008, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Run Linux and install Windows under a Xen instance. All the kids are doing it these days!

HOW?

Undertoad · 09-01-2008, 04:59 PM

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Ho...ndowsOnCentOS5

Now remember, if it was easy to do, everybody would do it.

SteveDallas · 09-01-2008, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Now remember, if it was easy to do, everybody would do it.

Corollary: If it was easy to do, you and I would be unemployed. (OK, well, or at least employed in different fields.)

lumberjim · 09-01-2008, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

HOW?

let me rephrase that....

How much beer, and food and pottery for you to come set me & jinx up?

zippyt · 09-01-2008, 05:54 PM

Vista aint that hard to get used to , live with it for a while

08-31-2008, 10:30 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	virtual machine I got a new laptop that runs vista. I'm not diggin it. I heard that you could set up a 'virtual machine' and run xp. how do you do it, exactly? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-31-2008, 11:37 PM	#2
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ __________________ to live and die in LA

09-01-2008, 12:21 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yeah....thanks..... anyone ever actually done it? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-01-2008, 12:31 AM	#4
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	yup. Works. Well, haven't done it on a windows machine, but I've used the VMware stuff before, and it rocks. __________________ to live and die in LA

09-01-2008, 12:39 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9040318 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2287685,00.asp http://www.pcworld.com/article/14028..._hello_xp.html Lot's of info out there. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-01-2008, 09:10 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	My daughter has Vista and HATES it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-01-2008, 11:28 AM	#7
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	You can always install OS X on your PC.

09-01-2008, 11:31 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Run Linux and install Windows under a Xen instance. All the kids are doing it these days!

09-01-2008, 12:21 PM	#9
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	I've been running Vista since Dec. I've had no problems with it, it is easy to work in, mostly point and click. It doesn't seem to be that much different then XP, though I don't use mine for a network. The new GUI is easy enough to get around in for a knuckle head like me. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

09-01-2008, 12:42 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Vista crashes my machine almost daily. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-01-2008, 04:59 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Ho...ndowsOnCentOS5 Now remember, if it was easy to do, everybody would do it.

09-01-2008, 05:54 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Vista aint that hard to get used to , live with it for a while __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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