On Sunday 10 October 2004 2:09 pm, Anthony Anson wrote:
Would this be VPC? (Which I have this instant been pointed at by Zetnet's development bod)
If so, <Strine> Emma Chisit? </Strine>
Yes it is the same type of product as VPC, however in my opinion VMware is a better implementation.
For a start VPC doesn't support Linux as a host (or a guest since MS bought VPC from Connectix) It can however be made to run Linux as a guest.
VPC doesn't handle SMP hosts very well, VPC doesn't support bridged networking over Wireless Lan (something I actually use) and there is some other nifty tricks and tools VMware has and VPC lacks.
VMware is 189 Dollars as an electronic download.
They offer a time limited evaluation version from www.vmware.com, however at this point I feel I must warn you that it will taint your kernel (if you install the Linux host version) it's pretty much the same mechanism as Nvidia use (open source kernel interface wraps closed bits) comes with an installer that has to be run each time you change your kernel.
That point aside, I have not a single bad word for VMware. If you find yourself frequently playing with various different operating systems (or even the same operating system in several different configuration states) then it is the perfect tool.