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Old 01-17-2009   #1 (permalink)
Hector Macias Ayala


 
 

RE: Virtual PC 64bit / Windows 64 Bit

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> Can anyone comment on Virtual Machine performance on Windows
> 64bit/Virtual PC 64 bit. ?
>
Only problem is 64 bit version works fine but you cant create a 64 bit virtual PC, I personally find completely useless to have a 64 bit app if I can only use 32 bit as guest OS, so I only wasted my time downloading Mandriva Linux 2009 x64, unless I do a real install, wich makes Virtual PC 2007 useless.

Anybody knows if theres something that actually works out there?

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Old 01-17-2009   #2 (permalink)
Bill Grant


 
 

Re: Virtual PC 64bit / Windows 64 Bit

It is not a 64-bit app. It is still a 32-bit app and it does not run
32-bit guests.

The real difference between the 32 and 64 bit version is that the 64 bit
version has the correct drivers to run in a 64 bit OS.

"Hector Macias Ayala" <hector.macias@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

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Quote:

>>
>> Can anyone comment on Virtual Machine performance on Windows
>> 64bit/Virtual PC 64 bit. ?
>>
>
> Only problem is 64 bit version works fine but you cant create a 64 bit
> virtual PC, I personally find completely useless to have a 64 bit app if I
> can only use 32 bit as guest OS, so I only wasted my time downloading
> Mandriva Linux 2009 x64, unless I do a real install, wich makes Virtual PC
> 2007 useless.
>
> Anybody knows if theres something that actually works out there?
>
> Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business
> Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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Old 01-17-2009   #3 (permalink)
Mark Rae [MVP]


 
 

Re: Virtual PC 64bit / Windows 64 Bit

"Hector Macias Ayala" <hector.macias@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Only problem is 64 bit version works fine but you cant create a 64 bit
> virtual PC, I personally find
> completely useless to have a 64 bit app if I can only use 32 bit as guest
> OS, so I only wasted my
> time downloading Mandriva Linux 2009 x64, unless I do a real install, wich
> makes Virtual PC 2007 useless.
>
> Anybody knows if theres something that actually works out there?
Microsoft Hyper-V supports 64-bit guests, as does VMWare.


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Old 01-20-2009   #4 (permalink)
Poutnik


 
 

Re: Virtual PC 64bit / Windows 64 Bit

In article <OH9pbASeJHA.1528@xxxxxx>,
mark@xxxxxx says...
Quote:

>
> "Hector Macias Ayala" <hector.macias@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:45fd018f-ac72-4143-8804-cd7c589a5f29@xxxxxx
>
Quote:

> > Only problem is 64 bit version works fine but you cant create a 64 bit
> > virtual PC, ......
> >
> Microsoft Hyper-V supports 64-bit guests, as does VMWare.
Also VirtualBox by Sun supports 64b guests,
said even in both 32b and 64b Vbox versions,
but CPU has to be 64bit with hardware virtualization support.

e.g. Core2duo 6xxx does have HW Virt.,
4xxx like mine E4700 does not :-(

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