> > Be aware that according to the Vista EULA, you can only run Ultimate or > Business Pro with virtualization. >
Greetings! Thanks for the Heads Up. On my MSDN DVD all I have is Vista Ultimate. But, it is incomplete! The DVD, despite having room for all 5 iso files, only has the first 4 iso files. I had to download the 5th one. Perhaps MS/MSDN will correct that at some point. We will see, eh? Your note re: only Vista Ultimate or Business Pro under VPC2007 is a good point, as I am certain many of my clients will end up getting a lesser version of Vista with their newer PCs. I will only be able to test under Ultimate, unless I want to license a lesser version (not a chance!). All ought to be fine (after I recompile in VFP 9 <g>), but I am going to recommend the Business Pro or Ultimate version on machines with 2Gb RAM or more as a Vista baseline for my apps (after I make certain they run properly). An associate of mine went to a M$ Vista rollout seminar last week. For ALL issues re: compatibility with Vista the M$ reps suggested using VPC2007 with XP as the guest OS. The "Great Escape Hatch" I guess. Never mind this requires a very beefy PC (3-4Gb RAM perhaps, I bumped one of my PCs to 4Gb to handle Vista in VPC2007), and a 2nd Windows license to run the Guest O/S under VPC2007, just to allow an otherwise perfectly good app to run "under Vista" (then under 2000 Pro or XP as Guest OS with VPC 2007). Kind of doubles M$ revenues a bit, yes? I say that considering the oem XP OS packaged with a particular PC is not supposed to (often, can't) be migrated to any other PC platform. And, what happens when XP is no longer available from M$? Amazing that they can get away with this crap, while jamming a draconian OS down the throat of consumers where barriers to practical use is confused with "high security". If I could move to Linux in my market, I would, then defiantly run VFP exe files under WINE. Oh well... I guess it is easy to be brave when a courageous option is not practical. Ciao! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Anderson > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 11:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: VPC 2007 released > > > Hi Gilbert, > > Be aware that according to the Vista EULA, you can only run Ultimate or > Business Pro with virtualization. > > -dta > > > On 2/22/07, mrgmhale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Greetings! > > > > I just found that Microsoft released virtual PC 2007 and > downloaded it. I > > have yet to install it as I will need to beef up one of my PCs. It will > > run > > on XP Pro, 2003 server, and of course Vista. I have one PC, an > AMD 2.9GHz > > machine, with 1.5 gig of RAM, which may not be quite adequate to run > > virtual > > PC 2007 with Vista as the guest operating system. So I guess I'll be > > beefing it up with another gig of RAM (the motherboard maxes at > 3.0 gig). > > The objective will be to recompile some of my VFP 7.0 apps under VFP 9.0 > > (under XP Pro), then seeing how well they run in Vista. > > > > Has anyone yet used virtual PC 2007 with Vista as the guest offering > > system? > > I have seen a few e-mails regarding VFP 9.0 running and > compiled under the > > Vista operating system, but nothing has stood out with respect to any > > serious problems (other than Vista protection issues in general). Also, > > has > > anyone yet run and compiled Sedna beta apps under Vista? If > so, are there > > any advantages to using Sedna (even if in beta) over using VFP 9.0? > > > > As a closing comment, I absolutely love the Mac guy versus PC guy > > commercials where a security agent has to clear all incoming > and outgoing > > to > > vacations with the PC guy. Apple truly nailed it with that > > commercial. The > > unfortunate reality is that my target market will be in the Microsoft > > quagmire for many years, I see no escape into the Linux world > despite any > > question regarding running compiled VFP apps under Linux. > > > > Regards, > > > > Gil > > > > > > Gilbert M. Hale > > New Freedom Data Resources > > Pittsford, NY > > 585-359-8085 - Office (Rolls To Cellular) > > 585-202-4341 - Cellular/VoiceMail > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/mixed > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > application/ms-tnef > > --- > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
