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Ade	May 5 2009, 05:04 PM
Beth-prophet Posts: 9,363 Group: Senior Member Member #1 Joined: June 20, 2005	Now you can't mean me, as I am a Mac user. However, I will shock you and tell you I have it running in VMWare Fusion. Here's what I would suggest anyone who wants to try an operating system do: 1) Download VMWare Server (which is free) http://www.vmware.com/products/server/ (don't get it confused with any other product, esp ESXi server, which will wipe your machine) 2) Install your guest operating system on top of it, such as Windows 7. In effect you can then run Windows 7 on top of your Windows XP. Initial thoughts: it runs much faster than Vista, hasn't crashed yet (although I only used it for a few hours last week), but isn't worth upgrading XP for, unless XP is being a bitch. XP is now reasonably stable, and you don't want to add more problems with drivers and incompatible programs. VMWare (and virtualisation) was last years big thing in computing. It's mainly used for server products, as servers are seldom ever fully utilised, and so you can double up on functions by having different resources installed on the same server, on different operating systems, but the advantages for the home user are that you can run an operating system on top of the one you are currently running, test stuff out, and then if you don't like it, you just delete the guest operating system container, and you are back to normal. (Also, it's much harder for viruses to penetrate, etc) This year's big thing is Cloud Computing. Edited by Ade, May 5 2009, 05:08 PM.
	Saying I'm a product of my generation. You could make a film about that. Ever notice these days how Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain?

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