How to install Windows Vista system with virtual machine

If you plan to upgrade your system after Windows Vista is available, it is necessary to thoroughly test Windows Vista before the upgrade. This will not only help you understand the new features and new features brought by Windows Vista. Features to help you master the Windows Vista operating skills, but also help you to understand the compatibility of the current prerequisite software in Windows Vista, to ensure a balanced transition in future upgrades.

In general, when we install a tested Windows Vista system, it is usually not possible to prepare a separate PC for it, but only on the working machine currently in use. In order to ensure that the currently used system, such as Windows XP, is not affected, we will divide it into a separate small partition such as 20G partition in Windows Vista, so that through the multi-boot option, choose to enter the daily life when the system starts. The system used is Windows XP or Windows Vista for testing. -- Another benefit of doing this is that once you have tested it or exceeded the 30-day trial period allowed by Windows Vista RTM, you can simply uninstall it without breaking the normal operating system.

In addition, there is another option, that is through the virtual machine (Virtual Machine). The so-called virtual machine or virtualization technology refers to the use of tool software in a computer to simulate multiple logical computers running different operating systems, each of which is like a unique OS running on a separate physical PC. In this way, by using a virtual machine, multiple operating systems (virtual) can be run simultaneously in the PC without interfering with each other.

Of course, installing multiple operating systems on the same host PC has certain requirements on hardware conditions. After all, multiple virtual machines share the resources of the main system together, if the CPU capacity or memory size of the CPU is insufficient. Performance will be greatly affected. - Of course, except when we want to compare the specific performance of Windows Vista, this is usually not very important.

There are many virtual machine tools available on the market. Below we briefly introduce two free software that can support Windows Vista: VMware and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.
VMware Server and VMware Player

VMware is a veteran of the virtual machine market. Depending on the application and function, there are many types of virtual machine systems, most of which are charged. However, there is currently no problem installing Windows Vista with its free version.

Installing Windows Vista with VMware requires downloading its VMware Server and VMware Player. First, use VMware Server to create a Windows Vista client as a virtual object. This process is similar to installing Windows Vista on a PC. Second, in current Windows. Install VMware Player to run Windows Vista virtual machines on systems or other operating systems such as Linux.

Compared with the Microsoft Virtual PC described below, VMware's biggest advantage is that it can create a 64-bit virtual machine, that is, install a 64-bit Windows Vista system on the created virtual machine, in addition, The virtual machine perfectly supports multi-core CPUs, maximizing the computing power of multi-core CPUs.
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

Microsoft entered the virtual machine market in 2003 by acquiring Connectix, and its Virtual PC also adopted a free strategy.

Previous versions of Virtual PC 2004 did not support Windows Vista well, although many people have successfully used it to install Windows Vista. At present, the Virtual PC 2007 Beta has been released. From the Microsoft's description, Virtual PC 2007 is optimized for Windows Vista and supports Windows Vista as a host system or client system installation.

However, it should be noted that Virtual PC 2007 can support 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista when using Windows Vista as a host system, but if you install Windows Vista in a virtual machine, only Can use the 32-bit version of Windows Vista.

At the same time, Virtual PC 2007 supports CPU virtualization technology - I believe friends are clear that both Intel and AMD are emphasizing CPU virtualization technology? -- Virtualization support at the hardware level can greatly improve the efficiency of virtual machines.

The disadvantage of Virtual PC is that, just like other Microsoft products, it only supports the use of its own Windows as a host system, so if you plan to install Windows Vista through a virtual machine on a Linux system, Consider VMware.
Restrictions for installing Windows Vista using virtual machines

At present, there is a problem with these virtual machine softwares, that is, the virtual system does not support the 3D acceleration characteristics of the graphics card well, so In virtual machines, visual effects such as Aero Galss are unexperienced, while other 3D-related applications such as games cannot be installed in virtual machines.