[fwd] Re: [thelist] [thelist]Multiple OS/Virtual PC

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> Who on this list is using "virtual pc" to test multiple OSs on a single
> machine. and who thinks it's better than purchasing a mega HD and
> partitioning it, installing the different OSs that way?
> All thoughts would be appreciated as I'm currently trying to get my boss
to
> implement a more rigorous testing method to our production process.
> Cheers all.

The latest version of VirtualPC is well worth it and works extremely well
with my Me, XP, BeOS and SuSE Linux OS'. Loads of memory is a must; I have
768MB SDRAM and that works a treat. I wouldn't recommend using resource
eaters like Photoshop and such while running it because that isn't really
its
purpose and doesn't work all that well either, but seeing as you said its
for
testing purposes - its a great tool for that.