<div dir="ltr"><div>If your primary OS is the Linux one, then I recommend installing it as a host and use VirtualBox ( basically because its so easy to use )</div><div>If you intend to play 3D games on win7 then note that it wont work on a vitalized OS. In my case I just created a separated portion just for win7 / games.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As for the Vista, throw it away and install win7, no reason to waste future time on upgrade. Win7 work so much better then Vista as a host and as an guest.</div><br clear="all">--------------------------------------------------<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, David Suna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@davidsconsultants.com">david@davidsconsultants.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I just bought a new Gateway laptop that comes with Windows Vista (and a free upgrade to Windows 7). I want to be able to run both Linux (Ubuntu is my preferred distribution) and Windows (Vista for now, Windows 7 in the future) using virtualization. I have not gotten into virtualization until now so I wanted recommendations about how to go about doing this. <br>
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>From what I have read so far I have the following options:<br>
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1. Host on Windows using VMWare (either VMware Player or Workstation)<br>
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2. Host on Windows using Microsoft Virtual PC<br>
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3. Host on Linux using VMWare, Xen etc but then I have to deal with installing Windows since the laptop comes with it but does not have separate installation disks<br>
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Recommendations for or against any of the above or information about other options that I left out would be appreciated.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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David Suna<br>
<a href="mailto:david@davidsconsultants.com" target="_blank">david@davidsconsultants.com</a><br>
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