![]() ![]() Many thanks for a very clear review of the virtual options. Note that VMware Server (last time I checked) is designed for XP Professional, not Home, but it works just fine under Home regardless. After all, you’re running a computer within a computer, which is significantly harder than running Notepad or Solitaire. More than five years old now, and not particularly awe-inspiring when new.) I’ve not tried Sun’s VirtualBox on this system, but it’s acceptable, albeit not snappy, on a two-year-old $450 Toshiba laptop that’s been maxed out with 2 GB of RAM.Īll of which means, have some decent hardware or a bit of patience. ![]() I know for a fact that VMware will slow down my XP Home system’s start-up time just by being installed, but it otherwise has no perceptible effect on the computer until run. Every VM I’ve tried is a bit sluggish on my computers. I’m cheap, by the way, so I’m running both programs on marginally powered hardware. Otherwise, it’s perfectly good too, in my experience. I don’t like the limitations on the key combinations used to switch between the VM and the host machine. I’ve had less experience with Sun’s VirtualBox, but it gets the job done. You need to learn to press Ctrl+Alt+Insert instead of Ctrl+Alt+Delete in the VM, or both operating systems recognize the command simultaneously. (Server helps you create “machines,” which Player cannot do, but you can freely download empty machines from VMware and load an operating system on them.) When you want to move from Player or Server to your host operating system, you press Ctrl+Alt, and then you can Alt+Tab to your other running programs when you Alt+Tab back to Player or Server, press Ctrl+G to control the virtual computer. For essentially that reason alone, I prefer VMware’s Player or Server. Or I’m too stupid to figure out proper sharing techniques. I occasionally hook things up via USB that cannot be shared, such as dongles. For USB drives, one can of course access them either directly on the host, or by sharing them, and accessing them through Network Places. You’re right that the MS VM won’t access USB posts.
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