Free Virtual PC

[RadiclDreamer]

Microsoft is giving away, yes i said they were GIVING away virtualpc2004

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

enjoy

 

[Appledrop]

Hmm. How does this compare with VMware player (which is also free)?

 

[Smilin]

mmm, they are giving away Virtual Server too 😀

 

[jlbenedict]

aaah.. great.. now the 3rd thread on this exact deal 🙂

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
aaah.. great.. now the 3rd thread on this exact deal 🙂

Some people dont live on anandtech, and btw im not doing a search for everything i post. If it aint on the front page then its fair game, the title clearly states what the post is about, if you dont want to read it then dont

 

[nova2]

and here is why they are doing this, if you don't know:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/archives/2006/07/how_much_did_op.html

an excerpt:

Out of the gate, Microsoft almost immediately went after VMware by acquiring Connectix Virtual PC and then lowering the price to combat VMware Workstation. Around December of 2005, VMware caused a stir by releasing VMware Player, a free desktop virtualization solution that would ultimately bring people to buy its more feature rich sibling - Workstation. Without blinking, Microsoft made its own announcement on December of 2005, it was going to lower the price of Virtual Server 2005 to $99 with the purchase of Windows Server 2003 R2. Now, server class virtualization was starting to get even cheaper! With the spotlight back on VMware, they announced just two months later they would be releasing VMware Server (formally GSX Server, another server class product) - free of charge. Once again, the crowd looked to Microsoft for a response, and it came in the form of free server virtualization of its own - they announced in April of 2006 that Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 would be freely available. And once again, two months later, VMware announced the release of VI3 along with a significant price reduction.