Ok...that makes sense...and it won't be an issue for servers, which don't need high-powered graphics cards anyway...
What about hard drives? Will VM's recognize various types and speeds of hard drives? I'll bet none of the venders of VM software has published a list of the limitations of using their products... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? VMware will provide it's own virtual device for everything, something that will likely only support the most basic functions (I doubt you can run any games in VMWare, but I could be wrong). The OS that you install inside vmware will only see the virtual device, and not the actual hardware that the vmware is running on. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > So, you can take a VM and move it from one machine to another, and > > the > hardware seen by the VM is identical. > > Having a hard time understanding... > > So...if one the first hardware has a GeForce 5900 Graphics card, and > the Virtual OS is moved to a second hardware setup with a Radeon > graphics card, the Virtual OS will see them as the same? > > If so, which one? Surely I'm missing something... > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:23 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > Not quite sure what you mean by "hardware agnostic OS and > > software"...wouldn't each OS have to be just as aware of the > > hardware it's running on and the software running on it? > > In the case of virtualization, the "hardware" seen by the guest OS is > virtual - it doesn't correspond directly to the real physical hardware > available to the host OS. So, you can take a VM and move it from one > machine to another, and the hardware seen by the VM is identical. The > VM is really just a big file, usually. I could build a VM, burn it to > DVD, send it to you, and you could start it up. This is the idea > behind the free VMware Player product - it lets you run VMs that you > didn't build yourself. > > At last year's MAX conference, the hands-on sessions were handled > through virtualization, using MS Virtual PC. The vast majority of > people attending had no idea - their computers just seemed like normal > PCs, but they were actually running a guest OS that the MM folks could > just restart after every session. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246613 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
