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VMWare Rolls Out Vista Virtualization
MsManhattan writes "VMWare Inc. today is slated to introduce a new version of its workstation virtualization software that supports Windows Vista. The upgrade, VMWare Workstation 6, enables users to run Vista as a host or a guest operating system. Additionally, it allows users to store a virtual machine setup on a portable device — like as a USB drive — and transfer the set-up to another computer. Virtualization, an old concept that has gained new momentum, can help organizations optimize their infrastructures but it can also create expensive management headaches. Just the same, the analyst group Gartner predicts that three million virtual machines will be in use by 2009, up from today's 500,000."
Can the OS even tell it's being virtualized?
This seems about as enforceable as saying "you're not allowed to have a screen background with boobies in it".
I can envision a lot of people saying fsck them and doing it anyway.
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I agree. Virtulization is penetrating every aspect of computing from servers to desktops. I wouldn't be surprised to see it in limited form on mobile devices. I would say 90% of companies are using virtulization (in production/dev/qa) and the remaining 10% are using it in dev/qa, or at the very least have a plan to implement it. The hardware/power/cooling cost savings and reduction in management overhead are to great to ignore by even the smallest shops.
Charles Wyble System Engineer
Depends on the version - you need to buy the most expensive one in order to be allowed to virtualise. Big surprise, huh?
Right, windows sucks, and so on! What about OSX, which version do I buy to virtualize that?