Greg, 1. Why in the world would she need to run XP? Can't you run the software that she needs in XP compatibility mode? 2. If you really really need it: XPMode. You can get the the apps to be "published" under W7 but run in the virtual XP directly without her even knowing the apps run in XP or that there IS an XP. There is no shell to open, no extra Start button and the app window is part of the normal W7 desktop. All she gets is an icon in her W7 with an app. XPMode is 100% transparent. And works great. I would not bother explaining to my wife what a VM is, why there are two Start buttons, different desktops and different colours, two task managers and C: is not C: but is some other random location that you never want to save to.
Corneliu. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
