Comments on: Review: Virtual PC 2007 beta

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:26:32 +0000

Julie, as far as I know, you need a license for every WinXP instance. So if your host system is XP, and you run 2 virtual machines with XP, you would need 3 XP licenses.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:18:25 +0000

I have downloaded the Virtual PC 2007 and I have WINXP as my OS, just curious about how this thing works and if its all that its cracked up to be. Do you have to purchase another retail copy of XP to install it on the Virtual PC? Or can I just use what I already own?

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:28:52 +0000

Very good question! I’d like to know the answer too.

By: Ed Jakeman

Ed Jakeman — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:59:10 +0000

We use VMware Server 1.0.1 on Windows XP to let people play around with Vista. It does warn you that XP is not a supported host OS but it works absolutely fine. And its free, and really good. Someone tell me again why should I be using Virtual PC?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:22:23 +0000

That’s interesting because this datasheet (PDF) doesn’t mention Windows XP as host system. Thanks for the tip!

By: Christian

Christian — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:50:07 +0000

VMware Server installs fine on my XP and works also like a champ