Jacob is completely correct. But testing is only one good example.
Software support departments, server farms, corporations with legacy
applications, regular users wanting to try out different operating systems,
and many other people find running Virtual Machines beneficial. I used a
Virtual Machine to check out certain aspects of Windows 7. It will of
course not have the same performance as when natively installed, but it does
answer a lot of questions. It is a no risk way to check out a new version
of Windows, experiment with a new configuration, or test drive Linux.
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Kruger" <jac...@mailzone.co.za>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Virtual Machine
Means you can test software on a completely different platform than your
normal configuration since as far as it's concerned it will be running on
that virtual machine, and this means you can do things like configure
virtual amounts of memory, processors and their speed, as well as other
parts of hardware configuration, and operating systems etc. etc.
For example, if I wanted to make use of some software for use on a version
of linux, I could run the virtual linux machine within/from my windows XP
machine and still test it without having to have a separate machine to
load with the linux operating system as such, and in terms of testing, you
can also just close the virtual machine down, and go back to it's previous
state and start off all over again, or use it to make changes temporarily,
etc. etc.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart A Overbey Jr." <saover...@att.net>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Virtual Machine
Chris,
Thanks for the definition. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to clear my
confusion about it's practical application.
Chris Hallsworth wrote:
Wikipedia
virtual machine
A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a
computer) that executes programs like a physical machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Stewart A
Overbey Jr.
Sent: 23 November 2009 21:16
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Virtual Machine
What exactly is Virtual machine? Thanks.
Chris Hallsworth wrote:
Why not test the upcoming VMware Player 3.0 (free) and VMware
Workstation 7.0 (free for now, usually commercial). These are release
candidates so there will be issues here and there. The beauty of VMware
Player 3.0 is the ability to freely create and edit virtual machines.
I've been testing it and, in Player, accessibility has been
significantly improved. Go to
http://communitieis.vmware.com/community/beta for more details.
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From: "Marek Durila" <marek_dur...@cz.ibm.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:31 AM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Virtual Machine
Hi all,
I'm using Virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft and when I'm in virtual
windows and switch back, Jaws in my machine will Tel only half
information for example in properties only card but not which cart if
general etc. is it.
With best regards,
Marek Durila
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Republic, s.r.o., Registered
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