reason, it just worked out that way. Also I'm on the beta for MS Virtual
Server and the VMs are compatible across the products.
>From what I could tell there's very little real difference in how well they
work: they both (VMWare and VPC) do a damn, damn fine job.
I'm doing all of my development now off a dual [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 1,5 gig of RAM
running Windows 2003 and the Virtual Server Beta. With that much RAM I can
easily run 5 or 6 moderately configured Windows 2000 Servers with ColdFusion
or SQL Server (or a coupla WebSphere 5 servers).
I used to run several small-form factor PCs with multiple boot options - it
was a complete nightmare.
On my workstation I run the VPC 2004 Home edition to test browsers and other
OSs and such.
Whether you use VMWare or VPC once you get the hang of using emulation you
just won't go back. You'll find yourself loading up VPCs to browse the
internet just so that your "real" PC doesn't get infected with any crap. I
set up one just to run my son's games (since children's games SUCK and often
screw things up) - the great thing about that is that I can just copy the
VPC image to the laptop when we go on vacation.
In the same way you'll find yourself doing testing on VPCs, then copying the
disk images to DVD so that you can carry the test environment to the office
to show somebody how something breaks in just that one scenario.
I love it.
Jim Davis
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