Virtual PC for Free?
Virtual PC For Free?
Could it be true? Is Microsoft really offering Virtual PC for
free? Well the answer is yes. And you can find it at
"http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx.
Now I know I usually wait until the end of my column to let you
in on the good stuff. But this news was too good to hold on to.
If you're familiar Virtual PC than you're probably
already downloading it. If on the other hand you've never
heard of it and are wondering what all the excitement is about
then read on.
Virtual PC is just what it sounds like. It's a completely
separate PC that runs virtually inside your existing PC. More
precisely, it's software that runs on your current Windows or
Mac operating system and allows you to run other versions of
Windows, MAC, or Linux right inside your existing operating
system. Trust me, this is very cool. You won't truly
understand the benefit until you see it for yourself.
What you can do with Virtual PC is only limited by your
imagination, but I'll give you a couple of examples to get
you going. One thing you could try with Virtual PC is to set up a
Linux operating system right inside your Windows OS without
losing anything and you can boot into Linux without rebooting
your computer or reformatting you hard drive.
Another thing you could do is run some other version of Windows
inside of your current version without disturbing your current
setup. If you've been itching to try the Vista Beta (the next
version of Windows that'll soon replace XP) now you can.
Many programmers like Virtual PC because it allows them to test
their software on various setups with the need for dedicated
machines for each OS.
One of the coolest features of Virtual PC is that you can set it
to keep your OS of choice in a clean freshly installed state.
Anytime you reboot the Virtual PC it will remain in it's
original pristine state. So go ahead make some changes you've
always been afraid to make to your primary OS. Toy around with
it, make some mistakes, install some questionable software. Do
anything you like. I urge you to go ahead and download Virtual
PC. You never know just how long MS will be giving it away for
free. Some day you may find a use for it.
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