My job at LANDesk requires that I write code in C# for an application that only runs on Windows Server. I also have to test a lot of code on Windows 7. Like me, so many people are forced to run a version of Windows because they have special windows applications at work or because that is the platform we are developing for in our jobs.
If running windows is a must for you, as it is for me, then moving to FreeBSD exclusively is just not an option. I want to run an FreeBSD, but running Windows 7 is a must too.
At first VMWare Workstation looked like it was going to solve this problem. But while its early versions worked on FreeBSD, they failed to port newer versions over. Quemu just never could get to level of usability needed. Well, along comes VirtualBox from Sun. Sun, now Oracle, released an open source edition cleverly named VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE). Like many of Sun’s code, it is duel licensed.
Prerequisites A FreeBSD desktop –...|
You also must outfit each PC with a Windows XP virtual machine. Software Assurance will cost approximately $40 or more per PC per year and MDOP costs $7 to |
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You also must outfit each PC with a Windows XP virtual machine. Software Assurance will cost approximately $40 or more per PC per year and MDOP costs $7 to |
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requires licensing Windows Software Assurance and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), and outfitting each PC with a Windows XP virtual machine |
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Windows 7 comes preloaded with the Agile VPN client, which makes setting up either kind of connection relatively easy. Step 1 Click the Start button. |
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View 4.5 fully supports the Windows 7 desktop environment. Here you see a Windows 7 virtual desktop that is running in my vSphere 4.1 environment running on |
Running Windows 8 Developer Preview as Virtual Machine on Windows 7, What’s Working & What’s not via @
Update: Install Windows 8 Developer Preview In VirtualBox Virtual Machine On Mac & Windows 7 [How-To Tutorial] 
Running Windows 8 Developer Preview as Virtual Machine on Windows 7, What’s Working & What’s not 
RT @: Here's How To Install Windows 8 Developer Preview In VirtualBox Virtual Machine On Mac & Windows 7 [Tutorial] 
@ I'm using this... virtualbox... easier I think....