Re: Best virtual environment for testing/playing?

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From: "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:11:02 -0400

Testing a new operating system as a virtual machine is not a valid test as you are deprived of seeing how it interacts with your physical hardware.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

"Kris" <a@xxxxx> wrote in message news:x577q2l5fnl3.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thinking about windows 7

what would be the best environment to test this out in? (while keeping my
Vista Ult 32bit OEM SP1.....)
Virtual PC?
Virtual Box?
Virtual Machine?
What???

never done this before.

Thanks!

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Kris
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