[thelist] Installing browsers for testing?
Max Schwanekamp
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Tue Nov 7 02:24:37 CST 2006
> From: Donna Jones
> > The best and easiest way is to use a virtual machine. Microsoft's
> > Virtual PC[1] is free, check out also VMWare[2] and
> Parallels[3]. YOu
> > might also find Wikipedia's VM comparison[4] interesting.
>
> The only catch to Microsoft's Virtual PC, but its a
> show-stopper for some people, incl me, is that you must have
> WinXP *Pro*. just thought i'd mention that because Victual
> PC has been mentioned a lot but never see anyone say anything
> about the caveat.
Actually, that's not a true caveat. Microsoft does not *support* Virtual PC
on XP Home, but it will run and work just fine. You'll get a nag screen
first time around letting you know that you're running an unsupported host
OS, but then things will work well enough.
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Max Schwanekamp
NeptuneWebworks.com
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