On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Reiner Rusch wrote:
> > Sorry for the OT post but I need some feedback on VMware
> > I am thinking about format c:\ on my windows box and turning it into a
> > linux
> > server. The problem is that I still have some mission critical apps that
> > are
> > winblows only and I have a few games I like to play on winblows. Is
> > running
> > Winblows on VMware just like having a winblows box? I mean can I run all
> > the same periferals? Software run the same? Or do I give up any of the
> > functionality I have running a stand alone M$ box?.
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I testet VMWare for a while. It's amazing!!!
> I've got just an 233 MMX, so ist a little bit to slow, but I think on a
> great machine it works fine.
> Back to your question: Applikations like word, etc. are working fine, but
> slow (on my machine). you can make a full window range, so your friend can't
> recognize, that you don't run windows in a standalone mode! :-)
>
> Hardware ist an other Problem! You must offer serial lines, harddiscs, etc.
> from linux, which will windows make believe, that it owns the peripherie. I
> think, you could it get running! But: It's not very fast. (I think for
> example, you should not try to burn a cd with a windowsprogramm under
> linux!)
>
> I'm not interested in games and don't know much about that, but I think,
> it's also too slow!
most of this is pretty much what i've noticed. note that i don't use
peripherals much with VMWare, so i cant really comment on serial ports and
such. i do know that the CD-ROM and floppy work fine.
i use VMWare daily so that i can run Word/PowerPoint/Excel at the office.
it works fine for that sort of stuff (albeit a little slowly, even on my
PII/450).
one thing that really doesn't work well is sound. its noisy and choppy,
and basically is useless. the VMWare folks acknowledge this, and say its
on their list to fix in future versions.
bottom line: works great for office apps, but i wouldn't want to do
multimedia/gaming with it.
-matt
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