On Monday 21 January 2008 06:23:48 Teruel de Campo MD wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 18:35 +0100, Philippe Landau wrote: > > Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote: > > > Since I have to use MS Office every > > > now and then I would consider to run alternatively > > > Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS Office > > > through CrossOveR. > > > Is WMware stable and reliable ? > > > > Yes, others recommend VirtualBox though (free too). > > Or if it is just for that: Crossover Office, which is not free. > > Which one is easier to install and backup ? > > VM ware is a very professional virtual system. Ain't cheap. I have > the workstation. I tried VirtualBox, qemu and all of them worked but > nothing is comparable to VMware. I do not use or need VMware for MS > office. VMware is also very easy to backup. It does everything you > can think off and more.
VMware comes in three options: 1. Workstation 2. Server 3. ESX Server Workstation is a fully featured desktop virtualisation program that installs on a host OS (Windows or Linux) and allows multiple guest OSs to be installed. Has multiple snapshots and VM cloning available. Has a price attached to it. Whether this is considered expensive depends though. Server is a desktop virtualisation program that is installed on Windows or Linux and that in some ways is more limited than workstation in that you can have only one snapshot and no cloning. However it does allow remote connections to be made and the VMs run without the console being open (not sure if workstation does this). Best of all, it's got no cost attached to it. ESX Server is an enterprise server virtualisation solution that installs on bare metal and you then install multiple guest OSs on top. Lots of management utilities and resource allocation per machine tools available. Also very expensive for individual users... Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
