[ale] VmWare question...

[Josh Freeman]

On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 09:41, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> Last I heard VMware costs $299
Educational and hobby licenses are only $99. That makes the VMWare
option a little more palletable.


> Go to ginstar and buy a real PC for $299.  Add a few dollars more for a 
> Belkin 2 port KVM.  You are done.  I do not use VMware.  I have spare 
> PC's
> 
> Chris
> 
> > On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 07:56, Bob Evans wrote:
> > > Jeb
> > > 
> > > You've got 2 ways to go with VMWare:
> > > 
> > > 1. Run it under Linux. This allows you to set up
> > > Windows sessions within
> > > VMWare.
> > > 
> > > 2. Run it under Windows(NT, 2000, or XP). Then you can
> > > have Linux running as
> > > a "guest" to Windows.
> > > 
> > > I don't know of any Windows applications that can't
> > > run on scheme number 1,
> > > with the possible exception of some games.
> > > 
> > > Anyone else know of VMWare limitations regarding
> > > Windows applications?
> > 
> > I don't think DirectX games or anything that requires the lastest 
> video
> > cards and stuff will work. I've yet to get Deltaforce Landwarrior
> > running on it. Pretty much any office or productivity app seems  to
> > work, albiet a little slowly. You will get okay performance if you 
> use a
> > virtual disk. If you can use a physical partition for windows, you
> > should get performance near native speeds.
> > 
> > Josh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -Bob
> > > 
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