[nflug] vmware

[eric]

Darn only for Intel macs otherwise would have been my first choice.

Frank wrote:

> eric wrote:
>
>> looking to run Access on top of my linux OS.  I would have to run it on
>> top of Windows XP installed on vmware correct?
>>
>> So I downloaded or tried to download the "free" vmware, maybe I'm doing
>> this wrong keeps asking me for a serial registration number, I
>> downloaded vwware server... anyone know which vmware I should download
>> for what I want to do (just running Access)
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> Not the server Eric.  You need a Windows VMware Player and a Virtual
> Machine of Windows with Access - which would have to be created by
> VMware Workstation or the GSX or ESX servers.
>
> I believe a better solution to be Parallels Workstation - free trial
> $50 purchase.  You'd of course need Windows and Access but this is a
> very slick solution.
>
> I'm running Parallels Desktop for Intel Macs and you ought to see
> GNU/Linux, Windows XP Pro, and Solaris 10 scream in these VMs.  Beauty
> here is they are only files!  Don't like Solaris (I didn't) just
> delete the file.
> No partitions, no threats to your base OS, no complex alteration to
> your system, works right through the hardware of the host machine.  On
> the Mac that's pretty impressive to be sure.
>
> Frank
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