Magnus,
Are you saying that VMWare has better hardware support than Win4lin?
Thanks,
Steve
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Stephen A. Brenner - Arch-Way Net-Works - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Tue, 30 May 2000, Magnus wrote:
> You can set VMWare to use the linux devices though.. almost as good as direct
> access.. <chuckle>.. I use it at work for running Notes, a frontend for an
> Oracle database, Netscape, and a few other interfaces for the previous
> database, I even play a few games on it (though I still can't get Q3 working..
> neeeds a real video.. oh well.. ) It works pretty well.. if you are just
> running apps and such, you shoud be fine... one of these days I am planning on
> putting up a VM for an answering machine software that I have for windows.
> Just my $.02
>
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, you wrote:
> > I think VMware has a free trial, so you could try that. If
> > you're running programs that will only work with direct access
> > to hardware, then don't use either. Otherwise, for programs
> > like MS-Office and programs that don't have a lot of "vxd's"
> > I'd choose win4lin. On a fast enough machine, maybe VMware.
> >
> > "Stephen A. Brenner" wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm interested in trying one of these and weening myself
> > > away from Microsoft. Which one would people recommend?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
>
