If your primary OS is the Linux one, then I recommend installing it as a host and use VirtualBox ( basically because its so easy to use ) If you intend to play 3D games on win7 then note that it wont work on a vitalized OS. In my case I just created a separated portion just for win7 / games.
As for the Vista, throw it away and install win7, no reason to waste future time on upgrade. Win7 work so much better then Vista as a host and as an guest. -------------------------------------------------- Michael Ben-Nes - Internet Consultant and Director. http://www.epoch.co.il - weaving the Net. Cellular: 054-4848113 -------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, David Suna <da...@davidsconsultants.com>wrote: > I just bought a new Gateway laptop that comes with Windows Vista (and a > free upgrade to Windows 7). I want to be able to run both Linux (Ubuntu is > my preferred distribution) and Windows (Vista for now, Windows 7 in the > future) using virtualization. I have not gotten into virtualization until > now so I wanted recommendations about how to go about doing this. > >> From what I have read so far I have the following options: >> > > 1. Host on Windows using VMWare (either VMware Player or Workstation) > > 2. Host on Windows using Microsoft Virtual PC > > 3. Host on Linux using VMWare, Xen etc but then I have to deal with > installing Windows since the laptop comes with it but does not have separate > installation disks > > > Recommendations for or against any of the above or information about other > options that I left out would be appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > -- > David Suna > da...@davidsconsultants.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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