You allocate a "virtual disk", say 5gb and it creates this file. The entire "virtual system" is stored in there. You simply boot it up from the vmware app, and it sits inside a window. You can extend the window to full screen.
Remember, that within vmware, the OS is being emulated. You are running two (or more) concurrent systems. When you dual boot, you are only running one OS at a time. It's really good for testing stuff on multiple platforms. e.g. You would have a Windows 2000, 2003 and Linux image. You can just boot each one and test your code on it. VMWare is simply amazing. You can download a free fully functional trial. Regards, Jon On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 21:30:29 -0500, dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how exactly does this vmware work? > is it better than a dual boot? and can you switch between os's without > rebooting? > > thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194658 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
