Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 5th May 2009 08:41 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
A little earlier than expected, Microsoft has already released the Windows 7 release candidate to the general public. The Redmond company had already put the RC up for download on TechNet and MSDN, but from now on, everyone can download it. I've already updated all my Windows machines to the RC, so let's take a quick look at what I found. Note: The Windows XP Mode beta is also set to arrive today, but has not yet been made available. We'll update this item accordingly once it's released. Update: The Windows XP Mode beta is also available. Get it now!
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Well, not screaming fast like against a bare metal gaming rig but a Linux OS hosted VMware runs a WinXP guest very nicely. Expanded to full screen, you won't realize you where on a VM unless you needed some specific bit of hardware not supported (3D GPU mostly). This is the same reason it's well suited to servers; different resource management.
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By contrast, the same VM image run under a Windows host OS feels like I'm working through remote desktop on a sub-par network connection. VM hosting is just not what Windows is best used for though it has other advantages (runs my Cain real nice though
I'm on the other side of it, I'm 90% of my time in Mandriva or Debian. It's not uncommon for me to boot a Windows or Debian VM under my Mandriva host OS when needing something specific to each. At home, my workstation always has a light Debian VM doing my in house mail server and IDS; it's unnoticeable in the background. I often open a WinXP VM at home to test leaky protocols using Cain too though. It just depends on which platform provides most of your needs and which is the secondary for specific needs.
Really, I'm only butting in because I think you'd find a Windows VM runs very nicely under a Linux OS hosted VMware deamon. That doesn't change the fact that you'd be spending 90% of your time working inside a VM though so it still depends on what platform covers your needs best.