Comments on: Does it make sense to Ban Windows Vista on VM?

By: Milo

Milo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:41:07 +0000

I am a big fan of VPCs and I would definitely hope the Home edition can be installed in VPC. I mess up my environment too often too irritating already and VPC has just solved that problem for me.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:25:12 +0000

Update – I don’t think I made this bit cristal clear so …

While Vista isn’t a “must have”, for me, I would purchase it anyway as it is sort of a hobby for me, however if it is unable to do everything XP Home can do I see it more of a downgrade not an upgrade. While I would have purchased it the day it was released, without being able to use it in a VM, I will no longer do so. Infact I had planned to run Vista in a VM for the first few weeks to ensure that everything worked as I wanted before switching over for my main install. Guess thats no longer an option :(

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:20:43 +0000

I am using Virtual PC on my home computer this very minute to test Firefox 2.0 RC3 to ensure all the extensions I use work in Firefox 2.0

I am a home user, perhaps I am “more technical” than some home users however I would still like to be able to do this with Vista Home as I can with XP Home.

I have played with the Vista betas and while it is nice it isn’t a must have, at least for me, and without being able to use it in Virtual PC just means I will not buy it. I will not purchase the more expensive version just so I can use it in a VM when XP does all I want.

I guess I am a minority though so I guess Microsoft does not care about us. Is a shame.