VMWare

[breadandbubbles]

i keeping hearing about two things: VMWare and nLite. im still working on figuring out what the heck nLite is, but VMWare i havent been able to find much.

i mean, ive found that its a virtual machine. like running a virtual windows on your PC. but do you have to actually install windows on it? can you install other OS's? is this so you can test out software? why not jsut use DeepFreeze?

i realize that this is about as n00b as it gets, but i cant help it. if this stuff makes my life easier, especially since i do a lot of reformatting (autopatcher is my RELIGION), then i dont want to miss out.

[The Glimmerman]

nLite

VMware:

VMware is a company that provides virtualization software for x86-compatible computers. VMWare Inc. is a subsidiary of EMC Corporation and has its headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The term "VMWare" is often used in reference to specific VMWare Inc. products such as VMWare Workstation, VMWare Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VMWare Player and VMWare Server.

VM, which stands for "Virtual Machine" (not to be confused with the broader term virtual machine), is a widely-installed operating system for IBM-compatible computers and servers that can host other operating systems in such a way that each operating system behaves as if it were installed on a self-contained computer with its own set of programs and hardware resources.

[ZcWorld]

VMware you can install ANY!! os

its just like a real PC

thats the killer part about it

[Takeshi]

i mean, ive found that its a virtual machine. like running a virtual windows on your PC. but do you have to actually install windows on it? can you install other OS's? is this so you can test out software? why not jsut use DeepFreeze?

You don't HAVE to install Windows, but you DO have to install an OS.

Users can run Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 in fully networked, portable virtual machines - no rebooting or hard drive partitioning required.

http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/

DeepFreeze doesn't allow you to have simultaneous OSes running. It's a bit like picture-in-picture for TVs.