It was announced a while ago that VMware
server was free as a downloadable beta. Being the busy guy that I am, I haven't had a chance to play with it until last
night. I have to tell you that I was pleasantly surprised that it worked so well and easily as it did. You can create
virtual machines with it, which is something you couldn't do with the VMware player. Installing a virtual copy of
windows XP pro was extremely easy as well. I haven't tried it yet, but I hope to soon create a virtual machine using
Mac OS X to see if it works. why it wouldn't I don't know so long as it is the x86 version built for the Intel mac.
This offers a viable option for those who really don't want to reboot every time they want to get into their computer's
alter-ego.VMware offers free bootcamp alternative
It was announced a while ago that VMware
server was free as a downloadable beta. Being the busy guy that I am, I haven't had a chance to play with it until last
night. I have to tell you that I was pleasantly surprised that it worked so well and easily as it did. You can create
virtual machines with it, which is something you couldn't do with the VMware player. Installing a virtual copy of
windows XP pro was extremely easy as well. I haven't tried it yet, but I hope to soon create a virtual machine using
Mac OS X to see if it works. why it wouldn't I don't know so long as it is the x86 version built for the Intel mac.
This offers a viable option for those who really don't want to reboot every time they want to get into their computer's
alter-ego.Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. I believe he is talking on installing the intel osx on a pc running vmware. not on apple hw.
Posted at 5:45PM on Apr 9th 2006 by Michael
1. Ummm.... not to rain on your parade, but VMWare doesn't run on OS X. I would have to imagine that VMware is hard at work to make this happen, but right now it is definitely not a Boot Camp alternative. It can not be used to run Windows XP on OS X.
Posted at 8:31PM on Apr 7th 2006 by Sean