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VMWare Rolls Out Vista Virtualization

Posted by Zonk on from the i-virtually-am-excited-by-this dept.

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."

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  1. For VMware Beginners: VMware Howto by jdan · · Score: 0, Troll

    For those of you that haven't used VMware, there is a pretty decent howto on installing it on Windows XP:

    How-to install VMware Server on Windows XP SP2

    --jdan

  2. Parallels sucks compared to VMware by Werrismys · · Score: 0, Troll
    VMware is a matured product, Parallels still feels like a hack.
    Snapshot manager?
    USB 2.0?

    Alas, I have not tried the very latest Parallels since I don't have a Mac (I use other ppls macs at the office) but from the little experience I have:

    • -The only OS X crashes have been Parallels related
    • -The only CD burning problems have been Parallels related
    • -It really does not have good snapshotting. You can suspend, then make copy of the VM directory, but that's cumbersome...

    Parallels about equals the free 'VMware Server 1.02' product. It is in no way comparable to either the ESX lineage or (an exaggeration) VMware Workstation.

    --
    'Once scientists, even the dim-witted social scientists, get muzzled, the Western Civilization is finished.' - oldhack