I have been hearing a lot about VMWare and other similar products
lately. I personally have no experience with them, probably because I
have never felt a need for that technology.
I support several (many) sites and small companies with various sizes of
Windows-based network and their attendant problems. I have yet to see a
need for VMWare or its ilk, though I am sure it exists, somewhere.
I would like to point out that Windows XP has already built into it the
technology that Mark isolates as a possible application for VMWare. I
am referring to compatibility. If you have a program that for some
reason does not run well under XP but ran fine on 95 or 98, you can get
it to run under that environment on XP, with a couple of clicks. Call
up Windows Explorer and navigate to where the program file is. Once
there, right-click on the file and select properties. Select the
Compatibility tab. On the window now in front of you, you have the
option to run the program in a variety of compatibility mode for the
following: Windows 95, Windows 98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 SP5 and Windows
2000. There is no DOS 6.22 or earlier. I can't even begin to fathom
why anyone would still be running a DOS application but I bet you
someone is and thinks (s)he has a good reason to do that.
I can't believe that anyone still does dual booting either. That's not
to say that no one is doing it, I just can't believe they would be doing
it. :-)
Denys
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Mark Wonsil
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:58 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] Virtual Promotion
VMWare has come out with some interesting promotions, I guess to compete
with Microsoft's VirtualPC 2004.
https://www.vmware.com/landing/promos.html
If you're a Microsoft Certified Trainer or an educator of computer
technology at a higher education institution, VMWare will send you a
copy of
VMWare Workstation for free. If you are a Microsoft Certified
Professional
(MCP), a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) or a member of a
registered Linux Users Group, VMWare will give you a rebate of $100.
Since
the download price is $179, that's $50 cheaper than VirtualPC 2K4
(retail).
You can always try it for free but this makes it more affordable if you
want
to buy. If you have that one application that still requires Win95 or
even
Dos, this is a great way to upgrade that computer to W2K or WinXP and
still
keep that app running. Still dual booting? You'll never go back.
Mark "Does this need a virtual plug? No financial interest involved..."
W.
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