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Posted by hooknife on Sep-05-2008 15:10:

VMware

I have been loving VMware recently! It is very cool to be able to boot multiple OSs at once. Anyone here use VMware, if so what do you use it for?

Posted by gehzumteufel on Sep-05-2008 15:28:

VMWare is the BEST virtualization software out there. They have been in the business for a long while. LOVE their products.

Posted by hooknife on Sep-05-2008 15:30:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
VMWare is the BEST virtualization software out there. They have been in the business for a long while. LOVE their products.

What do you use it for?

Posted by echosystm on Sep-05-2008 16:01:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
VMWare is the BEST virtualization software out there. They have been in the business for a long while. LOVE their products.

i'll agree for servers, but for desktop stuff vbox is better imo. all the benchmarks i've seen put vbox a bit ahead of vmware and the seamless desktop mode is priceless - that's the main reason i stopped using vmware. vbox doesn't have drag and drop file support yet, though.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Sep-05-2008 16:41:

quote:
Originally posted by hooknife
What do you use it for?

It's best used to test out viruses that some asshat wrote to fuck up your machine. You can let it ride and see how much damage it does safely.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Sep-05-2008 16:49:

quote:
Originally posted by hooknife
What do you use it for?

To mess around at times. I have used it since 2.x though, so I have seen a lot of the development changes. Insane how far it has come.

quote:
Originally posted by echosystm
i'll agree for servers, but for desktop stuff vbox is better imo. all the benchmarks i've seen put vbox a bit ahead of vmware and the seamless desktop mode is priceless - that's the main reason i stopped using vmware. vbox doesn't have drag and drop file support yet, though.

Hmm, never used vbox, but the drag and drop file support is paramount. That is how I transfer files!!!!!

quote:
Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
It's best used to test out viruses that some asshat wrote to fuck up your machine. You can let it ride and see how much damage it does safely.

Wrong. It is best used for development to sandbox the program you are writing in an effort to keep external factors from causing problems.

Posted by aNYthing on Sep-05-2008 16:57:

Just about everything.... I've been using it for about 6 years now if not more and it's definitely kick-arse.

I got my entire lab on a little laptop:
1 Exchange 2007 server (email)
2 Domain Controllers
1 Firewall

oh... and I can also have a cluster in a VM. It's also pretty cool to use for testing out various proggys before loading it on a real computer and messing it up. I had one even running H@ckintosh (Mac OSx hacked for VMware and PC). Cool thing - I run a 32bit windows xp but can run a 64bit OS (server 2008) in a vmware. Pretty neat.

Virtual PC (which is part of server 2008) is forced to play catch-up and probably never will.

Posted by gehzumteufel on Sep-05-2008 16:59:

quote:
Originally posted by aNYthing
Virtual PC (which is part of server 2008) is forced to play catch-up and probably never will.

That is because M$ bought them and fucked their development.

Posted by Scottaculous on Sep-05-2008 16:59:

I use it for development. When jumping between clients every few months, it's nice to have an environment ready to go when you're ready to work. Saves a lot of time (and client's money) on mere setup.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Sep-05-2008 17:01:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
To mess around at times. I have used it since 2.x though, so I have seen a lot of the development changes. Insane how far it has come.

Hmm, never used vbox, but the drag and drop file support is paramount. That is how I transfer files!!!!!

Wrong. It is best used for development to sandbox the program you are writing in an effort to keep external factors from causing problems.

Oh ok, your right..I forgot your the computer programmer too. yea, no one ever uses it to test out viruses and trojans...what was I thinking??

Posted by gehzumteufel on Sep-05-2008 17:08:

quote:
Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
Oh ok, your right..I forgot your the computer programmer too. yea, no one ever uses it to test out viruses and trojans...what was I thinking??

See now you know what's up.

Posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY on Sep-05-2008 17:20:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
See now you know what's up.

I know you just reinforce the fact that you're a tool

Posted by gehzumteufel on Sep-05-2008 17:46:

quote:
Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I know you just reinforce the fact that you're a tool

That's ok, don't get butt hurt just because you got told you were wrong...again.