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XP Mode slow -- try (Free) Unity from vmware
Hi all
I've posted before about how I thought the IDEA of XP Mode was great -- but its implementation is STILL HORRIFIC. Slow / poor graphics / needs 64 bit CPU's etc
To get almost the same integration as XP mode with FAR FAR better performance and graphics use the UNITY feature of the new version of vmware player (rel 7).
Another bugbear - in XPMODE printing is solved by using vmware player instead -- DRIVERLESS PRINTING -- no printer drivers needed - prints directly from your W7 / Linux box etc.
The main problem with vmplayer in the past was that it couldn't create virtual machine but only run them. (There was a trick using QEMU that could create VM's but that's another matter).
Anyway here's the link -- and you don't need to have the 64 bit VT feature enavled either so ordinary machines can run this.
VMware Player: Run Multiple Operating Systems with Free Download for a Virtual PC
Well worth a look.
While I am glad MS is thinking about virtualisation -- it still has almost a Universe to catch up with providers like vmware.
cheers
jimbo