Well, at the moment, you still cannot install Windows as guest under Xen (unless you have the source code for windows - Hi Mainsoft people ;))
As for prices for the processors with the VM stuff built in - I expect them to be priced a bit higher, but not that much. It won't appear so fast in the Xeon line very soon though (at least according to what I read). Hetz On 10/10/05, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/10/05, Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What Ira said. And while you're at it, Xen is much more of a VMWare > > replacement than qemu. > [snipped] > > > > It's closed source; contact VMWare. Now if you were asking about, oh > > for example, Xen... that would be a completely different answer. > > Speaking of which - assuming the use of VMware is to host Windows > under Linux - isn't it a bit too early to consider Xen as a replacement? > > I mean - up to version 3.0 of Xen and the CPU generation which will > support virtualization in hardware (not released yet, as far as I'm aware) > it doesn't sound like a practical laternative to VMware, is it? > > See http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2264/ for a current > "state of the Xen nation". > > BTW - has anyone any idea how much would the new > virtualization-supporting CPU's cost? Would they be in the "high-end > server range" or can we expect them to be priced for "middle-range > desktops" as well? > > Cheers, > > --Amos > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
