Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 3
Okay, virtualBox has been installed and configured, and the windows xp virtual machine is running smoothly. Now it’s time to examine why I chose dual booting instead of virtualization. To quickly recap, I only need windows for an art class that I am taking. For this class I need use of my wacom intuos3 tablet and Photoshop CS3. So let’s first look at setting up the wacom tablet on the windows xp virtual machine….
Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 2
Overview
Article 1 covers installing and configuring my virtualization platform of choice, the Sun xVM VirtualBox.
Article 2 covers installing Windows XP on VirtualBox and configuring system hardware and peripherals.
Article 3 covers the pros and cons of using a virtual machine as well as for which types of projects they are suited.
Alright, it’s time to pick up [...]
Virtualization As An Alternative To Dual Booting Part 1
As a result of my last article series on dual booting, I’ve been asked quite a few times why I decided to dual boot my linux machine with windows xp instead of installing windows on a virtualization platform such as VM Server or VirtualBox. The short answer to this question is that I have used virtual machines in the past, but they do have their own set of limitations. However using virtual machines is a good option in many situations. So in response, I’ve decided to examine the process of using virtual machines and some of their perks and and shortcomings. Below is a quick overview of what I’m going to cover….
