Hi Bill, Suggest you try Daniel K who may source one for you. I understand that XP is not sold anymore, but then maybe I may be wrong. If you cannot get XP then you may have to go the Vista way.
Wonder if they can be purchased 'second hand' legally? Kind regards, Philippe C 2009/5/10 Bill Parker <re...@westnet.com.au>: > > On 10/05/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: > >> WAMUG Mailing List Digest #2100 >> 1) Sun's VirtualBox >> by laut...@westnet.com.au >> 2) Re: Sun's VirtualBox >> by James Devenish <jndeven...@gmail.com> >> >> 9) Re: Sun's VirtualBox >> by Philippe Chaperon <laut...@westnet.com.au> >> >> Subject: Sun's VirtualBox >> X-Mailer: Zimbra 5.0.6_GA_2313.RHEL4_64 (zclient/5.0.6_GA_2313.RHEL4_64) >> >> Dear WAMUG'ers, >> >> Wonder if there are some of us who have installed Sun's Virtualbox on >> their Intel Macs and what has been the result. >> >> For the fun of it I have installed it on a FW400 external drive using >> XP Home Edition, and although it took me 3 or 4 tries to understand >> the install process, everything ended seemingly correct. I am >> currently installing all the Win updates, the machine connected >> directly to the internet via my wireless modem. >> >> Once the updates installed I intend trying the 'other' OS on a small >> application called Nim=C3=A8gue, used for listing genealogy archival data. >> Unfortunately there is no equivalent, that I know of, on the Mac >> platform hence the need for Windows. >> >> I would be interested in other's experience with Virtualbox. I >> understand that Linux or other variant can also be installed within >> the Virtualbox window. >> >> Many thanks for any possible information, recommendation or even >> 'thumb downs' if that's the case. >> >> Kind regards and have a nice and safe week-end. >> >> J Philippe Chaperon >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.92.144] verified) >> by wamug.org.au (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) >> with ESMTP id 475820 for wamug@wamug.org.au; Sat, 09 May 2009 09:45:40 >> +0800 >> Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so1080021qwj.36 >> for <wamug@wamug.org.au>; Fri, 08 May 2009 18:45:36 -0700 (PDT) >> Received: by 10.220.92.79 with SMTP id q15mr9027138vcm.11.1241833536679; >> Fri, >> 08 May 2009 18:45:36 -0700 (PDT) >> In-Reply-To: <list-475...@wamug.org.au> >> References: <list-475...@wamug.org.au> >> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 09:45:36 +0800 >> Message-ID: <dcfdc2750905081845m10553e85le5656e4c5ab21...@mail.gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Sun's VirtualBox >> From: James Devenish <jndeven...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi, >> >> I use VirtualBox to run both Windows and Linux, no complaints, except >> (cosmetically) that the Windows desktop background sometimes shows >> through in seamless mode, and (reasonably) it is sometimes necessary >> to update VirtualBox after updating the hosted operating system. USB >> support is not always 100%, meaning that although most devices work >> fine, one or two don't seem to connect at all. Mouse tracking is not >> 100% as smooth as the native operating system, but I always found this >> to be a problem with VMware, etc, too. >> >> James >> >> >> Subject: Re: Sun's VirtualBox >> From: Adam Hewitt <ahew...@theozhewitts.com> >> >> Hi James, >> >> Did you install the Guest Additions? My mouse tracking is identical to >> the host OS once the guest additions are installed. >> >> BTW, with VirtualBox 2.2 and the 3d acceleration (directx 9 and >> OpenGL) and seemless mode I can't really see any reason to use another >> Virtualization product. > > I haven't made it that far with Virtual Box, although I have tried a few > times. Then ....... the penny dropped. I need XP. Where would I > get that? > > > Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
