VM
Ware vs Virtual PC
I've installed and used both
VMWare and Virtual PC on my tablet. VPC has one key advantage: It
lets the guest OS use the right drivers for your hardware.
VMWareinstalls its own drivers for things like display and
network. In my case, VMWare's virtualized drivers caused two
problems: The guest OS could not connect to the network using the
host's wireless connection. This is meant I always had to be
plugged in to an ethernet for the guest to be connected - an
inconvenience more than a real problem. The second, more
serious,issue was going into full screen. VMWare let me
choose 640x480 or 1024x768. Going into full screen with the latter
resolution caused my tablet's display to go into vertical
(portrait) mode. I tried everything I could think of to put it back
to landscape but had no success. This is a real issue since,
needless to say, using VS .NET in 640x480 is a real challenge. VPC
has none of these problems. I can use my wireless network from the
guest OS and I can choose from 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768 all
in full screen mode. Although there's one slight problem in VPC:
When using the wireless network, the guest OS cannot ping the host
OS. I can live with that.
NextI want toinstall Longhorn in a VPC on my tablet. I
don't even know if VPC supports Longhorn, stay tuned.[via
Yasser
Shohoud]
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