Posted by
Paul Lefebvre in
Windows
Dec 30th, 2008 |
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Mac OS X is my primary OS these days, but I still use Windows (XP on my Netbook, XP and Vista in VMware Fusion) for testing software that my company builds for our clients.
I had recently heard that Windows 7 was available for some to play around with, but I hadn’t paid much attention. However, it turns out you can get a fully configured VMware virtual machine with Windows 7 Ultimate Beta Build 6956 pre-installed. For free! I found this while perusing the VMware Appliances at the VMware site. It’s provided by TuxDistros and is available here:
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/61622
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Posted by
Paul Lefebvre in
Interesting Things
Sep 21st, 2007 |
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The original Shootout: Parallels Desktop vs. VMware Fusion has easily been the most popular article on this blog since it was written. So far it has been viewed by over 6,600 people. Since so many people are still reading it, I thought it would be a good idea to write updates based on the latest versions of these two virtualization tools. I’ll start with Parallels since that is the one I use day-to-day.
The latest Parallels Desktop Release is 3.0 Build 5160, which was released on September 11, 2007.
Coherence
Parallels has greatly updated its Coherence functionality. Windows windows...
