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Virtualizing Windows on Ubuntu



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.
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