Author Topic: MS Virtual PC 2004 is Free ? (Read 524 times)

fipeso · « **on:** July 31, 2006, 12:50:39 AM »

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

Hmm, this could be fun?

Maybe run all strange SW in virutal PC and keep gameing install clean ?

Tho I dont know if it is ok to run same XP both in virtual and base OS...

Kev367th · « **Reply #1 on:** July 31, 2006, 07:20:41 AM »

VMWare virtual PC software is also free at the moment.

fipeso · « **Reply #2 on:** August 02, 2006, 06:56:59 AM »

Im testing the MS Virtual PC on my work laptop.
Its fun, dont know if there is any idea for it to me, but fun.

Wonder if wmware has any benefits over the ms version?

Maybe I try to run AH from a virtual PC

sonicboom970 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2006, 04:07:23 PM »

Can you overclock a virtual CPU to like 7 GHz and it actually work at that speed (kidding There is no CPU tab in the virtuals BIOS i dont bieleve)

I have been having fun running win ME and tweaking the settings such as RAM its pertty fun.

fipeso · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2006, 09:01:03 AM »

I installed my office pc into virutal pc. prety cool. It works very well.
Then I installed virtual pc on my game pc, and copied the office virutal pc to it, and it worked ! The first try all worked vpn, lotus notes etc.

But I cant use dual cpu in virtual pc, nor can I use dual screens. Or then I just dont know how to

oAnd im prety sure one cant run AH in it tho.

Schutt · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2006, 10:54:56 AM »

I dont quite understand the deal with vmware, it seems to me that it is only free to use preconfigured machines but the program which is actually intresting, vmware workstation, costs money ??

Kev367th · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2006, 02:10:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Schutt
I dont quite understand the deal with vmware, it seems to me that it is only free to use preconfigured machines but the program which is actually intresting, vmware workstation, costs money ??

Yup.
We use it at work on two main Oracle (one 8i one 9i) machines with a 'virtual' image of each other, connected via SCSI cluster cards which are attached to our main Oracle RAIDs.
If either dies I can fire up the virtual machine on the other system to maintain full Oracle database access until I fix the dead one.

Usefull for three main purposes -
1) Test environments without needing multiple machines.
2) Failover. (as in our situation).
3) Sending images to customers.