Hi,
I'm new to this virtual machine concept, i haven't used any of them. So i want to start with the best. Which is the best software application for VPC or Virtual machine?
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Hi,
I'm new to this virtual machine concept, i haven't used any of them. So i want to start with the best. Which is the best software application for VPC or Virtual machine?
I'll advice you to go with Microsoft's Windows Virtual PC
Key features of Windows Virtal PC :
- Easy setup of Window XP Mode
- One click launch of Windows XP Mode applications
- USB support
System requirement:
- Hardware Virtualization Technology enabled
- 1 GHz 32-bit / 64-bit processor required
- Memory (RAM) 1.25 GB required, 2 GB memory recommended
- Recommended 15 GB hard disk space per virtual Windows environment
Supported OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx
There is Parallels and VMware are also good VPC applications. I have used the Vmware , its easy to use.
VMware : http://www.vmware.com/
Parallels : http://www.parallels.com/
Good luck
Here is the full comparison of all Virtual machine applications : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rtual_machines
Bochs and QEmu are some good open source VPC applications.