[PLUG] Virtualization Advice

[Dwight Hubbard]

Virtualbox can run VMware workstation VMs and it has a similar feature set
to VMware Workstation (except it's free)

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

>   We have a number of virtual ... er, virtualization ... experts here and I
> would like your advice.
>
>   I'd been a paying customer of VMware since the pre-1.0 beta testing days,
> but I stopped after paying for the VMware-workstation-5.5.3 upgrade. There
> are only 2 Winduhs apps that I run extremely rarely: MapInfo (last upgraded
> 1998) and the Garmin GPS maps for my eTrex unit. Both run on Winduhs 98se.
> I have a vm/ partition with that guest OS installed along with the two apps
> and spatial data.
>
>   Am I correct in assuming that all I need is the free VMware player, and
> not the server?
>
>   When I scan the release notes for the latest (2.5.2) player I see only
> the
> newest Microsoft OS listed, not something as old as 98se. Will the player
> use the existing partition with guest OS and applications?
>
>   I'm open to suggestions on how to regain access, particularly to MapInfo
> as I will probably need to create some maps in support of a project.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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