On 07/30/2009 03:32 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Paul McNett<[email protected]> wrote: >> All I'm saying is: Install Ubuntu, and then install Vista as a VM. Buy a >> different drive if you want to keep the OEM install intact just in case... >> > > The problem is from _native_ Vista running and writing _directly_ to > the video card. Some of the problems (code-named "Aero") don't show up > if you're using an emulated video card under a VM. > > Vista is not a good citizen, and it doesn't run the same way in a VM > as it does raw on the iron. > > We beat some of this to death in a thread last December: > http://leafe.com/archives/showFullThd/408533 > > We snapshot the machine (using partimage under a Linux LiveCD) and can > rollback to the snapshot as needed. >
Yeap, Vista Aero needs DirectX 3D acceleration support, just like compiz, a linux desktop/window enhancer, needs 3D acceleration via a supported video card and a nvidia or an ati video driver. Right now Virtualbox 3.02 has some limited 3D support, but its not there yet, but it coming. I agree that the best approach of testing the effects of Aero on your windows applications would be to use a computer running pretty standard hardware without the additional layer of a VM. Regards, LelandJ http://vmetc.com/2009/07/18/video-of-working-windows-directx-games-in-virtualbox-302-on-ubuntu-904/ _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
