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This question came up at work last year, and as I recall, Microsoft had claimed that the OEM license for a laptop could not be used for a VM, and that we had to purchase a separate XP license for each VM we create. David Kramer wrote: > So let's say I have a dual boot laptop (and I do), and I'm tired of half > of it being used by an OS that I boot up maybe three times a year (and I > am). > > What would I have to bring to the Installfest to get a virtual copy of > Windows running under Linux, so I can fire it up on demand without > rebooting? This would mostly be for using IE, and business apps, not > gaming. In a perfect world, I would be able to sync to my Windows > Mobile phone with the VM, but I'm not sure that it can do that. Can it? > > I do not have enough knowledge of the various vm options, so any insight > would be appreciated. I am more interested in getting it working than > in getting the ultimate in performance. > > I know the chipset matters, so I'll mention that my Dell Latitude D820 > has a Core 2 Duo T7200 @ 2.00GHz. cpuinfo flags are "fpu vme de pse > tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts > acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs > bts pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm" > > http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2994&review=Dell+Latitude+D820 > > Thanks. > > Oh, I'm also interested in getting vpn to my server working. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau IT Manager Zuken USA 238 Littleton Rd., Suite 100 Westford, MA 01886 T: 978-392-1777 F: 978-692-4725 M: 978-764-8934 E: John.Abreau-3flU0AWMlV4AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org W: www.zuken.com
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