A tip for newbies and vista experimenters...

[Red nosed raindeer]

The following message is not very serious, but helpful.

I would suggest people who are afraid of vista, to continue being afraid of
it.
They are wise..
However...
if you want to see it running you can do the following to
create a free virtual machine on xp or linux and install vista in there.

You can download the free virtual machine player from www.vmware.com
and create your virtual machines using this site http://www.easyvmx.com/

EasyVMX is a good alternative, although vmware server is free
I think that player gave more speed to my virtual machines!

Happy holidays!

 

[Alexander Suhovey]

if you want to see it running you can do the following to
create a free virtual machine on xp or linux and install vista in there.

You can download the free virtual machine player from www.vmware.com
and create your virtual machines using this site http://www.easyvmx.com/

EasyVMX is a good alternative, although vmware server is free
I think that player gave more speed to my virtual machines!

I'd also add Virtual PC 2007 as another VM solution to run Vista. It is
currently in public beta but works fine for me. It is free and supports
Vista as both host and guest OSes.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

And hey, thanks for EasyVMX link, I wasn't aware such a service exists.
Certainly will give it a try. Do you know if VMWare Player works on Vista?

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

no this is not correct.. the only problem with vista is that you cant have
aero glass...

of course.. there is an option to enable direct X and that vmware will use
your cards 3d accelaration.. but that IS experimental.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

You can get Aero Glass in a vm if you access it with RDP from a computer
that supports Aero Glass. Post to the microsoft.public.virtualpc group and
someone there will fill you in.

 

[Red nosed reindeer]

yes there is the same limit.. but if its RC1 or RC2 you can activate it in
the virtual machine fine since the RCs let you activate on 10 different
machines (I think)