* Andrew McLaren:[color=blue]
> "Brian R Hastings" <Brian R [email]Hastings@discussions.microsoft.com[/email]> wrote ...[color=green]
>> I would like to know If anyone has attempted to use Vista home "activated"
>> software and then used VMware using Windows XP pro "Activated software".
>> So
>> then, you of course use Windows XP pro. Please let me know how this worked
>> for you? I am quite circus on this. If anyone has worked on this project
>> I[/color]
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Virtual PC is an excellent tool for running virtual Windows machines. It can
> run Windows XP, Vista,, Windows 23.x and even MS-DOS just fine.
>
> However it sounds like you already own and run VMWare Workstation - am I
> right? If so, Virtual PC doesn't offer any big technical advantages over
> VMWare; they're pretty equivalent. The main adavanatge of Virtual PC is that
> it provides a single-vendor solution, so there is seamless support from
> Microsoft for the whole stack. If you encounter tech support issues on a
> VMWare VM, and you need PSS to debug it, they may ask you to reporduce the
> problem on physical hardware, first. On Virtual PC andVirtual Server, they
> will debug in situ. See:[/color]

<quote>
Virtual PC doesn't offer any big technical advantages over
VMWare; they're pretty equivalent
</quote>

Are you serious? VMWare is generations ahead of VPC 2007.


-Michael