homerj742 wrote: Ok,question, I have one PC at home (quite robust however). Vmware can simulate multiple machines on one PC? For example, I can setup a server/client lab on my PC?
PCHoldmann wrote: At the risk of starting the VM Holy Wars, you can do the same thing with VirtualPC, and Virtual Server from Microsoft, both of which are free, as are VMWare Player and VMWare server (but not VMWare Workstation) VirtualPC is more robust than Player, about on par with Workstation. You cannot create new virtual machines in player, but you can with server. The interface of both server programs are not as nice as VirtualPC/Player/Workstation, but allow the virtuals to run as a service. I have even heard of being able to log onto a PC authenticating against a server in one of the server programs, but I would be very carefull with such a setup (and have not tried it myself). As to which I use: MS (at the moment, I have used them all), because I run VirtualPC for the inteface and the ability to create VMs, and Virtual Server so the VMs are compatible. Peter
keatron wrote: homerj742 wrote: Ok,question, I have one PC at home (quite robust however). Vmware can simulate multiple machines on one PC? For example, I can setup a server/client lab on my PC? Yes. On my laptop I have 4 Windows Server 2003 installations, 2 Windows 2000 Server installations, 3 XP Pro installations, 2 Redhat installations, and one Vista installation.
I have one PC at home (quite robust however).
