+1 VirtualBox.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Adrian Halid <[email protected]>wrote: > Virtual Box is also another free alternative. > > > > http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > > > * * > > *Regards* > > * * > > *Adrian Halid* > *Senior Analyst/Programmer* > > > > *IT Vision Australia Pty Ltd* (ABN: 34 309 336 904) > PO Box 881, Canning Bridge WA 6153 > Level 3, Kirin Centre, 15 Ogilvie Road, Applecross, WA, 6153 > P: (08) 9315 7000 F: (08) 9315 7088 > E: [email protected] W: http://www.itvision.com.au > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > NOTICE : This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) > only and may > contain confidential or privileged material. Any unauthorised review, use, > alteration, > disclosure or distribution of this e-mail (including any attachments) by an > unintended recipient > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the > sender as soon as > possible by return e-mail and then delete both messages. > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chris Walsh > *Sent:* Thursday, 7 April 2011 1:05 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Virtual machine alternatives > > > > Why not use the XP > Mode<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx>functionality > in Win7? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, 7 April 2011 3:03 PM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* [OT] Virtual machine alternatives > > > > Folks, I’m just building a new machine for my wife. She needs Win7 as the > boot OS and XP virtualised. I was wondering what choices I have for > virtualising and avoiding problems with mouse jitter and video performance > in the virtual OS. > > > > I ask because early last year I had to drop VMWare Server because of mouse, > sound and video performance problems with XP. I moved to WMWare Player and > the sound and video problems seem to be solved. > > > > Microsoft VM is also a contender I suppose, but I haven’t used it for a > couple of years. > > > > What’s the latest recommendation for a home user machine with Win7 and > virtual XP? > > > > Greg >
