VMware Virtual Machines
December 7, 2006
Over the last couple days, I have been reformatting two of my main computers here at the office. It is a bit selfish of me, but they are the ones I primarily use..What I did on each of of them is set up Windows XP as normal. I loaded all the main programs, anything I needed for software development, and such. Then I installed a virtual machine.
What those are a like computers inside computers. It is almost like running two different operating systems at the same time. You open up this application, VMware, and load a new system in it. I works just like you were booting right up to it.
What I am hoping this saves on is the garbage Windows seems to randomly collect through everyday use. It will save on spyware and viruses. And I am hoping I won’t have to reformat as ofter!
I just wanted to share. If any of you have any alternatives, be sure to chime in!
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I hope you have fun using VMware Workstation. I hope you are using the most recent version (5.5), not the version 3.0 you’ve linked to on your entry.
http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/
You can also try the free VMware Player or VMware Server. Happy virtualizing!
This last round I definitely did upgrade to the latest version. I love it! Absolutely seemless integration and it is great for development platforms!