2011-11-10, 07:51 PM
XTOTHEL Wrote:VMWare Workstation costs $200 to obtain, probably better to get a netbook. Better investment, smoother(probably) and separate keyboard/screen.VMWare without hardware acceleration used to give me better performance than my netbook, unfortunately I think the software directX doesn't work anymore? I didn't have to do anything tricky to get it running back then, but now it probably knows what the VMWare driver looks like and shuts it down.
I've never tried running MS, but VirtualBox is a free VM software you could try.
Ultimately the image was taking up too much HD space and I deleted it, though. MS alone is one thing but installing/patching it within a virtual HD means you need 4-6x the space it takes for windows, the horrible inefficiency of the patcher, etc..
When I got a new desktop, I left the old one bootable, it's 6 years old and runs MS fine. Bit of a power suck so I only turn it on to trade or do HS type things.