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thinking of switching OS

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Calum:
Okay, so where should we get VMware from, for Linux and/or Windows, and how much does it cost, because i might well be sold...

lu666s:
VMWare for windoze ... I don't recommend. Simply because you would be running a good OS on the top of a shitty one. I am not sure, but it is somehow limited (my impression), check what it supports.

www.vmware.com
get the 30-days trial (you can extend it sorta by registering with nuther name/email before it expires in the case you did not have a chance to 'try' it out fully    :D    )
The cost: $199

[ February 17, 2002: Message edited by: lu666s ]

Calum:
There's no chance i would try and run it on windows, but i like to know about these things, because I hope to have linux installed at some point, and vmware will enable me to totally remove windows from my computer. This would be ace. I really wouldn't mind paying money to not have windows on the PC, It's paying money to HAVE windows that pisses me off.

Calum:
i just noticed that that's $199. <exagerate>I may as well buy a new real machine and install windows on that!,</exagerate>
Back to the old drawing board i suppose  :(

voidmain:
Worth every penny.  Although I only paid $99, but that was the upgrade cost for 2.0 which I also originally paid $99.  I certainly don't *need* it but as someone else has mentioned here, it is one of the *few* products that is worth the admission price.  And I used it for 3 months before paying for it (just register every month with a different email address), in fact if you really wanted to cheat there probably is a license file floating around there but you know how much I hate pirating. It is very useful for me personally as I have to deal with so many different operating systems.  Most people don't.  Even if you only have to deal with one version of Windows and Linux it's worth the money just to be able to have full usability of both systems at the same time on the same machine.  

Certainly I wouldn't suggest buying it without trying it for the trial month and make your own decision.  Wish more companies gave a full uncrippled trial period.  Of course most of those software packages probably wouldn't get purchased once the trial was up because they suck.

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