Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On 5/20/06, *Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I like to be one of the good guys. I'm not always sure what that >> means >> in particular cases, so I'm going to ask what I should do here. >> Opinions >> welcome. Flames somewhat less so. >> >> I got a 30-day trial license for vmware, thinking to replace my aging >> Win4Lin. It seems to work (thanks to folks on this list). But I >> notice >> that now that I've created my VMs, I may not need workstation any >> more. I could do very well with the player, which is free. > > >> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my >> Mac Mini arrives... >> >> There is this which fits your budget >> >> <http://www.parallels.com <http://www.parallels.com>/> > > Yes, the price is right, but when I tried it I could not make it work. > > ++ kevin
I am using VMware 4.x workstation. The workstation performance is better than the free versions. I use Linux for my main desktop, however I do MS Win C# programming for a living so I couldn't just ditch WinXP. I find using VMWare very acceptable performance-wise, about 90% of my AMD64 3200+ speed, with 2GB I don't even notice I am running WinXP in a virtual machine. However, the 4.x version is getting a little outdated, and doesn't have the cleanest install on a 2.6 kernel. From time to time, I get sound locking issues, or the VMware kernel modules won't load even though I didn't change my kernel. So I went to look to upgrade/purchase the 5.x version and it is a little costly for home use. It is dirt cheap for corporate use though. Thanks for the link to Parallels. The price is great. I will go give it a test and and report back. I would think that Parallels works on Gentoo. They have a screenshot of it running on Gentoo with a Fedora VM. http://www.parallels.com/files/upload/ecomfedora_gentoo.gif Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There's no place like 127.0.0.1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
