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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Beta Now Available
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 takes advantage of new hardware virtualization technologies present in Intel and AMD systems. The idea is to use Virtual PC 2007 to run legacy applications, including operating systems in it, as it has always been with Virtual PC. This release has one slight difference, Vista now runs as either host or guest operating system in this latest version. The beta is available via the Microsoft connect website. So if you don't really want to ruin your pristine machine by putting Vista on it, now you can run Vista inside a virtual machine, and all you need is good enough hardware. If you have a connect account (free) go directly to the details page for Virtual PC 2007 beta, then click downloads on the side of the page. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions are available.
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Subscribe to commentsdukeOct 14th 2006 1:20AM
Who give a s*** about virtual pc when VMware pretty much covers all the functionality and more?
ryanOct 14th 2006 1:48AM
thanks for your contribution
sdesdsdfsOct 14th 2006 1:46PM
I don't know about the newest incarnation of VMWare, but Virtual PC 2004 was able to emulate old Win9x-only games, and, at that time, VMWare wasn't.
I did play Zork: Nemesis with VPC2004 for instance.
Also, VPC is free.
PeterOct 14th 2006 1:46PM
duke - Because VPC lets you create images for free. VMware only lets you play back pre-built images with their free product.
ROct 14th 2006 9:21PM
One Word
Qemu
William C BonnerOct 14th 2006 9:21PM
VMWare Server is available as a free download, though you do have to register with them to get free registration numbers. I bought Virtual PC a couple of years ago, before it went free. Since then I've moved to running VMWare Server, because I can run my virtual machine as a service that gets started automatically when I boot the machine.
The real reason I am sticking with VMWare right now is that the virtual machines can be moved to run from either a linux or a windows host.
That said, I am not against trying both platforms and deciding which serves your needs better. Since they are both available free at this point, it's just a matter of how much free time and free disk space you've got.
David MoisanOct 15th 2006 1:30AM
VPC 2007 works, but people might run into a problem I've been having with Virtual Server 2004 R2 SB1, which I'm using in beta.
At certain times, VPC bluescreens the host when you start a VM. MS knows about this issue in VS 2004 R2 SP1 beta, but this is the first time seeing this in VPC. (VS and VPC share the same virtualization DLL, VMM.DLL)
Host here is an AM2 with virtualization support running in x86 XP.