Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
Alan Lord (News) wrote: > On 06/08/09 08:53, Sean Miller wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) >> wrote: >> >>> Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue >>> hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary >>> OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my boat. >>> >> If you pay £219.99 you've been conned. >> >> Sean >> >> > > Yep. But if you pay *anything* you've been conned ;-) > > That is the retail price for the "professional" edition and after the > "until December" promotion ends. And as there is no upgrade package from > XP that is what most mortals will be expected to stump up. > > Al > > > That is what was worrying me about having to upgrade, I only have XP on all my machines, so I will have to pay that out twice. Wont be doing that for a while. I think by the Time Windows 7 comes in proper and they stop the support for XP, I will be using only Ubuntu on all my machines. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On 06/08/09 08:53, Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: >> Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue >> hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary >> OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my boat. > > If you pay £219.99 you've been conned. > > Sean > Yep. But if you pay *anything* you've been conned ;-) That is the retail price for the "professional" edition and after the "until December" promotion ends. And as there is no upgrade package from XP that is what most mortals will be expected to stump up. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Alan Lord (News) wrote: > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary > OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my boat. If you pay £219.99 you've been conned. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 08:34 +0100, Gordon wrote: > "Alan Lord (News)" > wrote in message news:h5dvv8$ra...@ger.gmane.org... > > > > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 > Surely that a description of Kubuntu? -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
"Alan Lord (News)" wrote in message news:h5dvv8$ra...@ger.gmane.org... > > Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue > hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 :-) Getting mine for £44 Still thinking of using it in a VM. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On 06/08/09 00:51, Sean Miller wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Gordon wrote: >> Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full >> of those really annoying popups " at all. > > a. I ran it for several months under Virtualbox with 512mb allocated > and it was fine > b. I don't remember any annoying pop-ups either > > 'night! > > sean > Hmmm, may be I am just uber-sensitive but trying to set up networking seemed totally over the top to me. I can't recall the exact procedure I remember being led around a recursive loop trying to get a "simple" LAN interface configured and constantly being sent back to the "set up a home (or office) Windows Network wizard thingemy bob. Anyway - it looked quite pretty; if you like the child-friendly blue hues and very shiny buttons, but £219.99 for a locked down, proprietary OS with virtually no applications doesn't float my boat. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
"Alan Lord (News)" wrote in message news:h5ci32$ua...@ger.gmane.org... > On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: >> Anyone done this? >> If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? >> > > Yep. > > It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. > > I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying popups and > wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... > > It didn't last long. > > Al > > Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full of those really annoying popups " at all. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Gordon wrote: > Interesting. I'm running RC at the moment and am NOT seeing it "chock full > of those really annoying popups " at all. a. I ran it for several months under Virtualbox with 512mb allocated and it was fine b. I don't remember any annoying pop-ups either 'night! sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 19:13 +0100, "Alan Lord (News)" wrote: > those really annoying popups and > wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... How I love those. Tell us more. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
On 05/08/09 12:05, Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yep. It ran fine in a VirtualBox VM on Ubuntu. I hated it. Win7 was chock full of those really annoying popups and wizards that try to tell you what you don't really want to do... It didn't last long. Al -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
I have done it as well, in VMware (I downloaded a premade VMware image of Windows 7). It worked okay, but I will not be buying a copy or using it regularly. It is not as good as Linux, and although an improvement on Vista, it is still not good value for money. Although the free beta which lasts a few months is worth trying out, at least to know what the competition are producing. David King LeeGroups wrote: >> Anyone done this? >> If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? >> > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
Mike Paglia wrote: > I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac > and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a > virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. You can VirtualBox on Ubuntu which was running in a VM? That's pretty cool, a VM in a VM. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
Gordon wrote: > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > Yes, I managed to get it running on VirtualBox. Basically as long as you can give it enough memory (I think it's a minimum of 512MB, but more ideally about 1 to 2GB) then it should work okay. Of course it'll help if your processor supports virtualisation technology (most AMD processors from the Athlon X2 upwards and some Athlon 64 chips support AMD-V and the higher range of Intel CPU's support Intel VT-x) but it isn't required. On my Core 2 Duo 2GHz notebook with 4GB Ram it ran quite well in Virtualbox with 2GB allocated to it (I'm using the 32-Bit server kernel on Ubuntu Desktop). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
> Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:05:40 +0100 > From: "Gordon" > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine? > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >reply-type=original > > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > I tried it under VMWare VMServer 2.0 on Ubuntu and all is ok as well... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
> Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? Yes, a couple of times with various betas under VirtualBox... It runs fine, and has nice wallpaper... :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?
I have been running the Windows 7 beta under parallels for the iMac and it runs a treat. I have also tried it in virtualbox running in a virtual instance of Ubuntu on the iMac and again it performs really well. Both tests out performed a native install on a dell 620 laptop (ok I know my iMac is zippy but its still good) I would just give it a go. Whats the worst that can happen? you have to create another VM :) 2009/8/5 Gordon > Anyone done this? > If so, any thoughts or caveats or observations? > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
