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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007, free

Microsoft has now released Virtual PC 2007, free. It's been in beta since October.

Use virtual machines to run operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows, and OS/2. You can run multiple operating systems at once on a single physical computer and switch between them as easily as switching applications--instantly, with a mouse click.

What's new is the ability to have 32-bit Vista as either a guest or host, though the emulated hardware is not guaranteed to run Aero Glass. (64-bit Vista can only be a host.) Microsoft also claims "Improved performance compared to Virtual PC 2004".

There isn't a new version for Mac OS X users, and Virtual PC for Mac Version 7 is still for PowerPC-based Macs, and there will never be a version for Intel. Parallels is doing that, for $79.99.

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