Re: XP Gone After June 30
- From: "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:11:49 -0600
You allocate the ram needed from the host's ram. It is like partitioning the ram. If I am running XP with 512mb I can allocate, say, 128mb for Win98SE (a generous amount for 98), leaving the host running with 384mb. VPC itself is an application so the expected resources for an app apply.
I don't think you are visualizing virtualization correctly, though. The virtual machine is not using anything from the host XP. The entire guest operating system is in the vm and none of the host XP is in the guest. They are two separate computers. The guest is a virtual computer, but a complete computer regardless. The interface to the host system is handled by VPC without any awareness by the guest OS.
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23khiLZLsIHA.672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Colin Barnhorst wrote:What kind of overhead? VPC is not an emulator if that's what you are
thinking.
No, but since it is a "virtual" PC, presumably there is some system overhead.
Well, I already know there is, in that you need extra RAM to run it, because at least some of XP and its system files must be resident in memory, too.
Why wouldn't you be able to run in real DOS mode? You create a virtual
machine and install an OS. I have created MSDOS 6.22 virtual machines.
Well, maybe you can then. I haven't tried VPC. But I was under the impression you'd have to boot up directly in DOS to get real DOS mode. (Not run it underneath something like VPC (or whatever) loaded into memory, running in the background, and monitoring all function calls and code executions).
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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True. But, in my case, I already have a second computer (with Win98SE),
and since I just replaced the MB, that just came to mind.
As for the virtual machine, I expect that may at least have some overhead,
and, as another potential drawback, not be able to run in real DOS mode,
if desired.
Colin Barnhorst wrote:But why buy hardware when you can run Win98SE in a virtual machine at no
additional expense at all? It runs flat out fast that way on my systems.
"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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AND you can still get good motherboards on eBay that work fine with
Win98SE for a second computer.
Colin Barnhorst wrote:Especially since mobo manufacturers are not writing drivers to support
Win98
on the new mobos. Nevertheless, Win98 has found new life in my systems
as a
guest in VPC.
"Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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With over 100 million XPs being used, I doubt Win98 will ever have a
value.
"Anthony Buckland" <anthonybucklandnospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Unknown" <unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For what reason?
"Boris" <boris-badenough@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyone thinking of purchasing a retail copy of XP before it
disappears
from the shelves, or is no longer shipped by OEMs after June 30?
Just wondering. I might.
Just think about how many people have at various times
sought Win98 after Microsoft stopped all support, let alone
sales. If Boris never finds any other use for it, somebody
is likely to offer quite good money on eBay sometime in the
twenty-teens.
.
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