virtual machine
 

I got a new laptop that runs vista. I'm not diggin it. I heard that you could set up a 'virtual machine' and run xp.

how do you do it, exactly?

yeah....thanks.....

anyone ever actually done it?

yup. Works.

Well, haven't done it on a windows machine, but I've used the VMware stuff before, and it rocks.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/...icleId=9040318

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2287685,00.asp

http://www.pcworld.com/article/14028..._hello_xp.html

Lot's of info out there.

My daughter has Vista and HATES it.

You can always install OS X on your PC.

Run Linux and install Windows under a Xen instance. All the kids are doing it these days!

I've been running Vista since Dec. I've had no problems with it, it is easy to work in, mostly point and click. It doesn't seem to be that much different then XP, though I don't use mine for a network. The new GUI is easy enough to get around in for a knuckle head like me.

Vista crashes my machine almost daily.

HOW?

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Ho...ndowsOnCentOS5

Now remember, if it was easy to do, everybody would do it.

Corollary: If it was easy to do, you and I would be unemployed. (OK, well, or at least employed in different fields.)

let me rephrase that....

How much beer, and food and pottery for you to come set me & jinx up?

Vista aint that hard to get used to , live with it for a while