PS: This is not directed at any specific Mac user. I know who most of you are, and you all make valuable contributions to the list, many of which I have learned from. I just don't happen to 'believe in your religion' and being 'preached to' is really becoming annoying.
>> While you're getting the new laptop you might need to change the OS
>> as well.
>
>Matt, are you being paid by commission?
>
>Why is it, when people switch to Macs, they often become fanatics and try to
>convince everyone else to switch too? You people are as bad as ex-smokers,
>and rapidly approaching the annoyance level of Jehovah's Witnesses!
>
>I apologize in advance to any Jehovah's Witnesses on the list - I'm just
>kidding. You folks aren't as bad as Mac fanatics.
>
>> Unix-based virtualization has been around for some time and is quite
>> sophisticated. You can easily run hundreds of virtual Linux instances
>> with User Mode Linux on any decent machine. Higher end machines can
>> support thousands. In fact, IBM recently introduced a new like of Power5
>> machines that give you mainframe level virtualization with AIX or Linux.
>
>Yes, I'm aware of UML. That's all well and good, but will it let run any x86
>OS on my machine? Will it let me virtualize Windows? No? Well, then, it's
>not what I want. Thanks anyway, though!
>
>> Personally, I do server virtualization with User Mode Linux and with
>> Linux's rich hardware support, I can use it anywhere including on my Mac.
>
>I wasn't aware that you could run UML on OS X.
>
>Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
>http://www.figleaf.com/
>phone: 202-797-5496
>fax: 202-797-5444
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