I think VMWare is still generally considered better than VPC and it works with OSes other than Windows.

Matt . . . there are other software companies out there . . . M$ is not the only software company. <g>


>Just curious why WMWare instead of Microsoft VPC?
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>It doesn't matter to me, I'm just curious to know more about how/why you made your choice.
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>On VMWare, is there such a thing as Virtual Machine Additions like VPC has / needs?
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>FYI to others who may want it, here is a link I had planned to follow to do this on VPC: http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2009/01/10/installing-the-windows-7-beta-with-virtual-pc-2007-sp1.aspx
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>>I have installed Windows 7 RC1 that was made public this morning using the free VMWare Player as a virtual PC. I am running the VMWare Player under WinXP and had no problems creating a virtual Windows7 PC. I used the website:
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>>http://www.easyvmx.com
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>>and selected the "Super Simple" choice for building the VM ware files. I used the following settings:
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>>Virtual Machine Name: Windows7
>>Virtual Machine Operating System: Windows Vista
>>Virtual Machine Memory Size: 1024 MB
>>Virtual Machine Disk Size: 10G
>>Live CD ISO (checked Yes) and entered the iso file name
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>>I renamed the iso file downloaded from Microsoft (I renamed it to Windows7.iso) and then moved it to the same directory that I downloaded the above generated files. Then I started the VMware with the Windows7.vmx and it installed without any problems.
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>>This can be used to test any applications for compatibility with Windows7... Enjoy!