This past weekend I spent some time playing with VMWare 5 (an evaluation
copy) on FC4. Everything (AFAIK) worked out of the box-except bridged
networking. But it didn't take long the get this nuisance fixed. On a
plain vanilla machine (Athlon64 2800+ w/ 1GB DDR), I really couldn't
notice any difference b/t this virtual machine and a real Windows XP.
Things have really improved.
For both habitual and involuntary Windows users, running Windows under
VMWare/Linux offers several distinct advantages. For example, it allows
easy backup (the entire Windows OS is reduced into a folder) and
multiple configurations (you can have multiple versions/configurations
of Windows on the same machine). However, it does require both a VMWare
license ($199) and a Windows license.
On the requirement of a Windows license, I found out that VMWare does
not accept an upgrade CD--it must be a full version CD. I hope someone
could tell me that I am wrong. Wayne
