On Aug 21, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Mark James wrote:
What is the best offering of Windows under Intel at present? (I can't
seem to get SP4, and am not sure I want to spend $189 for a new
version
of windows, when the 2000 version works fine for what I do)
parrallels?
Is there a straightforward way to get VPC data to the new system?
I believe the OS X version Virtual PC will still run on the Intel
Macs, although, MS I think has officially announced that there will
not be a Universal Binary version. Surprise suprise, MS drop VPC on
the Mac... just as everyone predicted would happen and Connectix
swore wouldn't happen.
That said, If you have XP SP2, then you can use Boot Camp, however
that is an either/or setup. You can either run OS X or XP. But on the
other hand, you have true hardware level support (good for some things).
Parallels seems to be the way to go for everything else. I don't know
what all OS versions it supports, but I believe it will work with
pretty much any x86 compatible OS. So if you have Win2k, then
Parallels would be the way to go.
If you aren't ready to take the jump just yet, VMWare has announced
they are working on an OS X version of their workstation product.
VMWare is similar to Parallels. Until they have released something I
can't say how it performs compared to Parallels or which is the
better product.
I don't know if Parallels or VMWare directly support VPC drive files.
I'd suspect that VMWare will, as I believe their current Windows and
Linux products can convert VPC drive files to their own format. Going
off Parallels support FAQ, it looks like they do not directly support
VPC drive file importing. They have a FAQ entry that recommends you
use something like Ghost to image the existing drive file under the
old Virtual machine system, and then restore it under Parallels.
-chris
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