VMware will provide it's own virtual device for everything, something that will likely only support the most basic functions (I doubt you can run any games in VMWare, but I could be wrong). The OS that you install inside vmware will only see the virtual device, and not the actual hardware that the vmware is running on.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > So, you can take a VM and move it from one machine to another, and the > hardware seen by the VM is identical. > > Having a hard time understanding... > > So...if one the first hardware has a GeForce 5900 Graphics > card, and the Virtual OS is moved to a second hardware setup > with a Radeon graphics card, the Virtual OS will see them as > the same? > > If so, which one? Surely I'm missing something... > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:23 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > Not quite sure what you mean by "hardware agnostic OS and > > software"...wouldn't each OS have to be just as aware of the hardware > > it's running on and the software running on it? > > In the case of virtualization, the "hardware" seen by the guest OS is > virtual - it doesn't correspond directly to the real physical hardware > available to the host OS. So, you can take a VM and move it from one > machine > to another, and the hardware seen by the VM is identical. The VM is really > just a big file, usually. I could build a VM, burn it to DVD, send it to > you, and you could start it up. This is the idea behind the free VMware > Player product - it lets you run VMs that you didn't build yourself. > > At last year's MAX conference, the hands-on sessions were handled through > virtualization, using MS Virtual PC. The vast majority of people attending > had no idea - their computers just seemed like normal PCs, but they were > actually running a guest OS that the MM folks could just restart after > every > session. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction > at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, > Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246604 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
