What do you think of the "virtualBox" in comparison to WMware?
"Steve Jain [MVP]" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 May 2009 10:15:57 -0700, "jim-g" <##jimg@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>My machine is dual-quad 64 bit HP with Vista 32 bit Home-Ultimate on it
>>and
>>my first attempts to start up a 32 bit VHD. I'd like to try out Win7 on
>>the
>>VHD but don't know if it is dependent on the VPC being 64 bit or whether
>>the
>>win7 runs off the hardware as 64 bit?
>>
>>If I have to, the 32 bit ver of Win7 can be downloaded to run.
>>
>>Any thoughts ?
>>
>>Jim
>
> If your OS is 32bit, install the 32bit version of VPC. No version of
> VPC allows you to run 64bit VMs.
>
> You need Hyper-V or another VM program to do that.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/