Jan 05
Very few commercial software products are appealing enough to me to actually spend money on. Even fewer companies selling that software are decent enough for me to trust. VMware does *not* have problems with either of these. They have way cool products and they contribute back to the Open Source community (good karma there).
After “test driving” VMware Workstation for 30 days, I laid down the cash for a fully licensed copy. It will make working with Microsoft Windows way more convenient and almost bearable. I expect this to also help with my work on OpenClue.org.
January 13th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
me again. I’m considering this too. I’ve been using Cygwin to try and make the occasional dip into XP bearable. But it’d be much better to never reboot at all. was it hard to set up?
January 13th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Drop dead easy. Do a base install of XP and update it (8 reboots for me). Then use that as a starting point for your next VM. That way when Windows get jacked on that VM you just wipe your working version and start a new VM based off your clean and updated one. No more need for painful installs and updating.
Go for the 30 trial. I really dig it.