My recently purchased 13'' Macbook Pro has been behaving strangely. [more inside]
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth on Sep 8, 2009 - 7 answers

Windows XP licenses and VM Ware, can I reuse the same XP instance? [more inside]
posted by cowmix on Jul 13, 2009 - 10 answers

So, I am in the market for a new laptop and am looking at all kinds of options. I'd like something that's going to allow me to continue to support my Windows clients, and one that's also going to allow me to virtualize other operating systems. I am considering many options, including Macs. I am curious: For those of you who have a 15" Macbook Unibody that run virtual guest O/S via VMWare Fusion, how does it perform? How much RAM did you need? How is the Mac performance when running a virtual O/S? How does the short 900 pixel resolution affect your ability to run Windows apps? What about Ubuntu or Fedora with VMWare Fusion? What about Vista or even Windows 7? Any and all stories are welcome, including stories about the last generation MacBooks.
posted by tcv on May 2, 2009 - 9 answers

VMWare Server 1.0.8 on Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Host: Is it possible to use an encrypted disk on the host machine as a physical disk for a virtual machine? [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga on Jan 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Does anyone have experience in using ThinApp in a corporate environment? Does it end up being trouble or does it just work? [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Dec 8, 2008 - 1 answer

How do I get a vmware machine to mount a folder on it's host machine? [more inside]
posted by muddylemon on Sep 27, 2008 - 3 answers

VMWare Fusion as dev server: How can I set things up so I can access a web server running under the guest OS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) from the host machine? Bonus points if it can be done without plugging into an ethernet network. [more inside]
posted by weston on Sep 26, 2008 - 3 answers

Why aren't there universal 32->64 bit driver translator/emulators? [more inside]
posted by Mokusatsu on Aug 23, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I make VMWare Fusion recognize my additional (physical) hard disks? [more inside]
posted by charlesroper on Aug 20, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm finally retiring my dad's virus-laden PC running XP with a new iMac. Is there any way to migrate his old settings from the PC over to a VMWare instance of XP running on the iMac in case he must use a PC-only app after the upgrade to a new machine? [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Jul 23, 2008 - 9 answers

How do I manage my HOSTS/LMHOSTS file and/or better manage a virtual machine IP that changes? [more inside]
posted by bertrandom on Jun 5, 2008 - 7 answers

XP Pro x64 Server + VMware Server + XP Pro x64 --- So my boss has this idea of running VMware Server on our server and backing up the VMware image nightly. His thought here, is that if the server craps out, all we have to do is re-install, copy over the VMware image and we are back in business. [more inside]
posted by B(oYo)BIES on May 28, 2008 - 12 answers

Will VMWare Fusion allow me to run Microsoft OneNote smoothly? [more inside]
posted by boubelium on May 7, 2008 - 6 answers

Has anyone ever heard of a Windows Server process called "daupbsvc.exe"? This was using a significant amount of processor time on a VMWare Windows 2003 server. Google and Microsoft return no results, as do all of the relevant support forums for the applications that server runs. [more inside]
posted by Burhanistan on Apr 30, 2008 - 8 answers

Moving towards virtual machines for IT support at a business, and I have some questions. [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Apr 4, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm having network problems with virtualized systems. I have Macs runnig OsX 10.4 with Parallels running XP. At random times, the network fails...kinda [more inside]
posted by nivekraz on Mar 28, 2008 - 9 answers

Seeking advice on eliminating my existing Windows PC in favor of a virtual machine running on Linux. [more inside]
posted by rkent on Feb 21, 2008 - 21 answers

How do I figure out the source of my VM memory corruption issues, and can I fix them? [more inside]
posted by nomisxid on Feb 20, 2008 - 13 answers

Trying to set up a development environment on my Macbook (running latest Leopard). I have VMware fusion running Debian etch, set up perfectly with the requisite LAMP stack. The problem is, I'd like to have Debian's /var/www/ available to OSX for actual editing. I've tried setting up NFS, but to no avail (though I'm admittedly novice at this sysadmin stuff). [more inside]
posted by inkedmn on Jan 23, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking at purchasing a MacBook Pro for my job at a non-profit. I do web design and IT (as well as Accounting, which is what I'll need to keep running Windows XP for, and Outlook for the Exchange server). I'll install Bootcamp for XP, but much of the time, I will not want to reboot into XP. Would Parallels or VMware Fusion to a better job of meeting my needs? Does either one do a better job of running off the Bootcamp partition? [more inside]
posted by mac-way on Dec 13, 2007 - 14 answers

I need some help with running Windows on my Mac. [more inside]
posted by dondiego87 on Nov 4, 2007 - 7 answers

Why will neither my computer nor VMware boot the Windows XP SP2 installation CD I got from my university? [more inside]
posted by goingonit on Oct 4, 2007 - 9 answers

I work at a small company with an Exchange server. We need OK spam protection. In an effort to move them to a more FOSS workcycle, I'm advocating SpamAssassin. Basically, I need it to work in our Windows Environment. [more inside]
posted by TrueVox on Sep 20, 2007 - 7 answers

VMFilter: Talk to me about virtual machines on Ubuntu. [more inside]
posted by fogster on Sep 12, 2007 - 9 answers

Vmware Skeptic with Vista [more inside]
posted by strangej on Apr 20, 2007 - 6 answers

I've got a bunch of HP DC7100 SFF Pentium 4 computers sitting on a table at work, left over from people who have migrated to using laptops as their primary workstations. Any ideas for cool stuff I could do with them? [more inside]
posted by lifeless on Mar 19, 2007 - 12 answers

LAMPFilter: Which VPS solution (Virtuozzo, VMware, freeVPS, etc) is recommended for a small web-hosting company? [more inside]
posted by afx114 on Feb 16, 2007 - 6 answers

Can I force an OEM copy of windows to install in VMWare server on top of linux on the PC the OEM windows copy came with? Failing that, is there a legal way to install a "normal" copy of XP pro (since I have a license? [more inside]
posted by gte910h on Oct 2, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm looking to build a Virtual Machine friendly PC box. I'm hoping to spend no more then $600 on it to start (that will not include a moniter; I don't need one), but the key is to have it be quite expandable in the future (say 1 to 1.5 years). I don't need a lot of starting RAM, just enough to run one or two low demand VMs (one with XP on it). Any good suggestions for what I should look to buy (full specs please)? I assume I should be looking into the newer chips, right? Thank you!
posted by TrueVox on Sep 4, 2006 - 7 answers

I want to upgrade my linux server and run all of my services inside a VMWare instance, am I nuts? [more inside]
posted by beowulf573 on Aug 22, 2006 - 7 answers

What are the best community (news, blogs, message boards, etc.) sites related to virtualization and virtual machines?
posted by EnormousTalkingOnion on Apr 13, 2006 - 4 answers

Cleanse, Fold, Emulate: If you found yourself needing to run Windows 95 and only Windows 95 to play an old game (neither WINE nor Win2k under VMWare work - it has to be Win95), would you run Win95 under bochs or VMWare? VMWare is certainly a lot more straightforward, but it looks like bochs might give you more control over the emulated machine.
posted by Captain_Tenille on Jan 13, 2005 - 7 answers

Are any flavors of Linux currently more adept at exploiting the AMD64 chip than others? I know that Gentoo has a robust package available. Last I check with Debian, they had one version better suited for the Intel, but were working on AMD-specific one. To compound my problem, I hope to add VMWare once it's up and running (to run WindowsXP as a virtual 32-bit OS).
posted by RavinDave on Nov 26, 2004 - 9 answers