Paul Hill wrote on 2010-07-07: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 1- For Windows 7, they have broken some compatibility. Virtual PC's >> will not run unless your hardware supports hardware virtualization. So >> the touted XP compatibility feature does not work on older machines > that got upgraded. > > Correct, however the free Microsoft VirtualPC *will* run on PCs > without hardware virtualisation. > > I tried the in-built virtual XP when it came out, but I went straight > back to VirtualPC. Can't remember why. Nowadays I use Hyper-V and > let the server take the strain. >
Paul, We have a Windows 7 workstations which we have tried a few Virtual Machine software packages (Virtual PC, VMWare, and Virtual Box). Each fail in their own way. My Windows Vista workstation easily runs 3 VM's at once. However, it has hardware virtualization turned on. Even my netbook has hardware virtualization enabled and easily runs 1 VM. The second makes things very slow. My old W2K box ran Virtual PC 2003 without hardware virtualization, as does my old XP Home laptop. Windows 7 is a new OS and VM's like to use the hardware virtualization. Virtual PC 2003 won't install on it. YMMV Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/001001cb1e0c$8878cc90$996a65...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
