Virtual PC 2007

optimus · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:03

Is this any good now? I used the original version and it was a nightmare..

Or should I shell out for VMware Workstation?

Stelly · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:12

I have to say that I like Virtual PC especially if you have a C2D or Core Duo chip and enable Virtualisation... its very fast then... love it

Stelly

InsomniaCalls · 7 Jun 2007 at 15:00

I use it every day for work.
It's not great but that's more to do with the horrible programs I run on it than the software itself.
You can't knock it for nowt!

Burnsy2023 · 7 Jun 2007 at 15:04

Have a look at virtualbox, not used it yet but been highly recommended.

Burnsy

Hodders · 7 Jun 2007 at 16:14

Get the free version of VMware - "vmware server" IMO it is much better than Virtual PC and better supported with other OSes....

marc2003 · 7 Jun 2007 at 16:26

vmware and virtualbox are both great. take your pick of either of those 2.

i tried virtual pc and it was painfully slow for me. admittedly i only have a single core cpu and i dare say the enhancements for dual core are good.... but virtual box is blindingly fast on my meagre setup. from what i've read, you can't connect usb devices to virtual pc either.

gareth170 · 7 Jun 2007 at 16:32

virtualbox is the best, its very fast and now it supports 64bit OS's guests

bledd · 7 Jun 2007 at 19:06

burnsy2023 said:
Have a look at virtualbox, not used it yet but been highly recommended.

Burnsy

virtualbox is a lot faster than both vmware and vpc

vmware is the best if you're using loads of them to network test with each other, vbox is the best for testing things quickly

the-void · 7 Jun 2007 at 21:25

vmware is best if you wish to move your virtual machines between different platforms.

Scottland · 7 Jun 2007 at 21:27

Does virtualbox allow USB control?

marc2003 · 7 Jun 2007 at 21:34

Scottland said:
Does virtualbox allow USB control?

yup, it works fine. here's a post from another thread i made recently....

Ronaldo said:
any ideas how to get usb working? i'm using Vista 32bit

marc2003 said:

i have virtualbox installed and it didn't work for me at first either. so i read the manual... after adding the filter, you need to unplug the device and then plug it in again. i've tested myself and it does work. you can see my usb bluetooth adapter in my virtual machine...

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