Message #8862

[jim-ratliff]

There is Virtual Machine software available for MAC that allows you to run a vritual XP (or VISTA or anything else Microsoft) on the MAC while the MAC is running in native mode (so much more versatile than a dual boot environment).? We've been running virtual Windows servers on Linux (actually VMWare) for several years with great success.? There is VMWare for MAC, but I believe Paul (one of my techs) found a freeware program and is running that on his MAC in order to have an XP window. I can get the name if anyone wants.

One of the really nice features is the ability to take checkpoints before any major upgrades.? If anything blows up, you just tell the virtual monitor to go back to the pre upgrade checkpoint while you research what went wrong.? Of course, the other is the flexibility to move virtual machines from one hardware host to another as the computing requirements change.? Upgrade without reloading the entire system.