XPM (Windows 7 - Windows Virtual PC) vs VmWare & other PlatformVirtual Machines

[karthikbalaguru]

Hi,
I am exploring Windows Virtual PC
along with XPM(Windows XP mode)
in Windows 7.
The XPM is a virtual machine package
for Windows Virtual PC. It allows
Windows XP apps to run in a virtual
environment alongside the Windows 7
apps in same desktop. The concept
of using the same desktop sounds
very interesting & good !!

XP Mode enables the ability to run many
older Windows XP business and
other applications . But what about the
earlier versions support ? I wonder the
need for XPM in Windows 7 that too
specifically w.r.t XP ?

XP Mode applications run in a
Terminal Services session in the
virtualized Windows XP, and are
accessed via Remote Desktop Protocol
by a client running on the Windows 7 host.
Is XPM just to demonstrate the usage
of same desktop for virtualization ?

Will XPM good for high end games in XP ?

How is it be rated against Vmware and
other virtualization technologies ?

How is it rated against VirtualBox ?

Will it support linux in the future upgrades ?
Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

 

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

XPMode will actually run in a VMWare session, I'm told. It will not run in
earlier versions of Virtual PC, and I have no information on Virtual Box.As
for rating Windows VPC against those? It entirely depends on what you're
trying to accomplish. WinVPC does a good job within its design
limitations -- better IMHO than any of the alternatives. But it isn't a
general purpose virtualization solution for all scenarios.

Both Windows VPC and XPMode were created to solve a very specific problem -
program compatibility of older business applications with Windows 7. The
virtualized hardware inside the VM is not really ideal for high end games,
and I doubt it's the solution there.

I would be astonished if direct support for Linux distros was included in
Windows VPC, since there is no design requirement to do so.

 

[karthikbalaguru]

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XPMode will actually run in a VMWare session, I'm told.

Interesting !

It will not run in
earlier versions of Virtual PC, and I have no information on Virtual Box.

Okay .

As
for rating Windows VPC against those? It entirely depends on what you're
trying to accomplish. WinVPC does a good job within its design
limitations -- better IMHO than any of the alternatives. But it isn't a
general purpose virtualization solution for all scenarios.

I might require general purpose virtualization
after sometime.

Both Windows VPC and XPMode were created to solve a very specific problem-
program compatibility of older business applications with Windows 7.

Okay !
But, How is the compatibility of applications(old)
that came ahead of XP handled ?

The
virtualized hardware inside the VM is not really ideal for high end games,
and I doubt it's the solution there.

Okay !

I would be astonished if direct support for Linux distros was included in
Windows VPC, since there is no design requirement to do so.

So, it does not support linux as of now !

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hi,
I am exploring Windows Virtual PC
along with XPM(Windows XP mode)
in Windows 7.
The XPM is a virtual machine package
for Windows Virtual PC. It allows
Windows XP apps to run in a virtual
environment alongside the Windows 7
apps in same desktop. The concept
of using the same desktop sounds
very interesting & good !!

XP Mode enables the ability to run many
older Windows XP business and
other applications . But what about the
earlier versions support ? I wonder the
need for XPM in Windows 7 that too
specifically w.r.t XP ?

XP Mode applications run in a
Terminal Services session in the
virtualized Windows XP, and are
accessed via Remote Desktop Protocol
by a client running on the Windows 7 host.
Is XPM just to demonstrate the usage
of same desktop for virtualization ?

Will XPM good for high end games in XP ?

How is it be rated against Vmware and
other virtualization technologies ?

How is it rated against VirtualBox ?

Will it support linux in the future upgrades ?
Any ideas ?

I have found that because of certain limitations I have not been able to
work around (at least on 64-bit Windows 7 running XPMode) - VMware works
better. For example - if you have an ironkey stick drive - you can use it
with VMware running Windows XP - but not on the same machine inside an
XPMode session.