Christian Brink wrote: > 2. VMWARE - > ~ $300 $ 99 for non-commercial use, unsupported except via rather good online manuals and faqs. > commercial license > Commercial support > A wide range of supported options Recently released 2.0 version much better, more stable and faster > You must have a windows license TRUE, if installing windows, but may also use this tool to experiment with other linux distros, *bsd, etc. > You must repartion your drive to support both OS's FALSE. Runs just fine using virtual partitions which are files in the host OS. Use of separate partitions and spindles is rather tricky actually, depending on the combo of host and guest OS's. > Large RAM requirement (IMO) Any modern OS likes lots of RAM - even Linux with X, which will run (s l o w l y) in 16M, really likes 64 and up for running multiple apps and compiles without too much thrashing. My setup is Mandrake 7.0 for normal use, with Win2K running in a VM for those windows gotta's, like Word for writing books, etc. > Expensive (IMO) And not "free" in any (beer or speech) sense of the word. But it works. Worth every penny if you need it. It was worth every penny just for being able to play with multiple distros without having to get a new HD or trash my existing and extremely stable configuration. .bilbrey (from the VMware'd Win2K Netscape 4.72) __ Brian Bilbrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orbdesigns.com
