Sent: 04/14/2009
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:>You can do that now, but unfortunately not with Microsoft products...
Not with VPC or Virtual Server -- Hyper-V and Win2008 w/Hyper-V can do
it, and Win2008 w/hyper-V is what I'd suggest using for 64-bit Vista
and Win-7 development in a VM.
--
Bob Comer
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:13:40 +0100, "Mark Rae [MVP]"
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>"davea" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>>>> Is Microsoft unable to do 64bit virtualization?
>
>>> Not at all:
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0FE4E411-8C88-48C2-8903-3FD9CBB10D05&displaylang=en
>
>> Does this mean that we will get a workstation product soon?
>
>Nothing has been announced...
>
>> We desperately need a way to have Vista 64bit and Windows 7 64bit virtual
>> environments for development soon. Our development cycles are getting
>> shorter
>> and shorter.
>
>You can do that now, but unfortunately not with Microsoft products...
Sent: 04/14/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"davea" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Not at all:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0FE4E411-8C88-48C2-8903-3FD9CBB10D05&displaylang=en
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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
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> Is Microsoft unable to do 64bit virtualization?
Sent: 04/14/2009
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"davea" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Nothing has been announced...
You can do that now, but unfortunately not with Microsoft products...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
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>>> Is Microsoft unable to do 64bit virtualization?
>> Not at all:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=0FE4E411-8C88-48C2-8903-3FD9CBB10D05&displaylang=en
> Does this mean that we will get a workstation product soon?
> We desperately need a way to have Vista 64bit and Windows 7 64bit virtual
> environments for development soon. Our development cycles are getting
> shorter
> and shorter.
Sent: 04/14/2009
From: "jorgensen" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:And VirtualPC does not support USB and multible CPUs - a lot to be improved,
but we have to wait to see what Microsoft have in mind on virtualization.
VirtualBox support USB, 64-bit host/guest and multible CPUs - not sure about
DirectX, but I believe it does!
"davea" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> So Virtual PC does not support 64bit guests and VMWare does not support
> DirectX.
>
> This means that for 64bit graphics development, there is NO virtual
> environment available. This is crazy considering that we are only 8 months
> away from the release of Windows 7 and that Windows XP and Vista have a
> 64bit
> verson.
>
> What is the problem here? Is Microsoft unable to do 64bit virtualization?
> Apparently so because there is NO sign that anything is happening here.
>
> It is time for the user community to demand this. We have been encouraged
> to
> more to virtual environments and we expect the tools providers to offer
> them.
>
> Microsoft - I am willing to pay for 64bit Virtual PC (i.e. 64bit Guest on
> a
> 64bit host) but I need it quickly!
Sent: 04/16/2009
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:On Apr 14, 2:10=A0pm, "jorgensen" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
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Vmware 6.5+ Supports D3D 8+
VirtualBox supports OpenGL
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> And VirtualPC does not support USB and multible CPUs - a lot to be improv=
> but we have to wait to see what Microsoft have in mind on virtualization.
>
> VirtualBox support USB, 64-bit host/guest and multible CPUs - not sure ab=
> DirectX, but I believe it does!
>
> "davea" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
> > So Virtual PC does not support 64bit guests and VMWare does not support
> > DirectX.
>
> > This means that for 64bit graphics development, there is NO virtual
> > environment available. This is crazy considering that we are only 8 mon=
> > away from the release of Windows 7 and that Windows XP and Vista have a
> > 64bit
> > verson.
>
> > What is the problem here? Is Microsoft unable to do 64bit virtualizatio=
> > Apparently so because there is NO sign that anything is happening here.
>
> > It is time for the user community to demand this. We have been encourag=
> > to
> > more to virtual environments and we expect the tools providers to offer
> > them.
>
> > Microsoft - I am willing to pay for 64bit Virtual PC (i.e. 64bit Guest =
> > a
> > 64bit host) but I need it quickly!
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