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Michael
02-11-2007, 03:54 PM
I just ordered a copy of Microsoft Vista (RC1) :confused::o:eek: !

I haven't seen anyone get Vista running with KVM or kqemu, so I figured that would be interesting to see if it works.

Some other articles could come out of this as well.
Synergy6
02-11-2007, 09:14 PM
Ultimate Version? And why RC1?
Synergy6
Michael
02-11-2007, 09:19 PM
Ultimate Version? And why RC1?
Synergy6

RC1 is $5 at NewEgg. I am not going to support Microsoft more than I have to :p.

Though a computer shop has already sponsored an Ultimate copy for Phoronix if we choose to accept.
1c3d0g
02-13-2007, 08:56 PM
Vista = bleh...shame on you! :p Although I do understand you're going to need it eventually to compare benchmarks, so you're forgiven... ;)
Rob Williams
02-14-2007, 03:21 AM
I just ordered a copy of Microsoft Vista (RC1) :confused::o:eek: !

I haven't seen anyone get Vista running with KVM or kqemu, so I figured that would be interesting to see if it works.

Some other articles could come out of this as well.

Who's the Microsoft fanboi now? ;-)

/me runs in other direction.
Svartalf
02-15-2007, 12:39 AM
All he's done is contaminate a VM or a hard disk with a particularly nasty boot-sector virus. Vista's just...heh...it's NOT what people are making it out to be. Well, unless they're panning it that is. :D
Synergy6
02-15-2007, 04:07 PM
Though a computer shop has already sponsored an Ultimate copy for Phoronix if we choose to accept.

Will you accept?
Synergy6
Michael
02-16-2007, 09:36 AM
Will you accept?
Synergy6

Perhaps, just to have a new drink coaster ;)
Synergy6
02-16-2007, 09:49 AM
Perhaps, just to have a new drink coaster ;)

I don't think the sponsors would necessarily appreciate the sentiment.
Synergy6
Michael
02-16-2007, 08:25 PM
BSOD on loading of Windows installer.... At first it complained having no APCI (when I passed the -no-apci argument), so then I enabled it and then everything got all blue.
1c3d0g
02-17-2007, 09:21 PM
Haha, it seems M$ is still their old self, trying to piss people off with BSOD's. However, I've heard there's an even worse, much more evil RSOD floating around...if I was a piece of hardware, I'd rather be destroyed than having to endure such a horrible Red Screen Of Death. :p
Rob Williams
02-17-2007, 09:34 PM
BSOD on loading of Windows installer.... At first it complained having no APCI (when I passed the -no-apci argument), so then I enabled it and then everything got all blue.

Geez! What computer are you installing this on? A Dual Octal-Core with 72GB of DDR3?
Michael
02-26-2007, 01:34 PM
http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=68 With the new virt-manager changes for Fedora 7 I am going to try out Vista this week with that. Perhaps another article.
Svartalf
03-08-2007, 03:34 PM
http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=68 With the new virt-manager changes for Fedora 7 I am going to try out Vista this week with that. Perhaps another article.

I still think you're contaminating machines, real or virtual, with a particularly nasty variant of a boot-sector virus. What did the poor machine do to you to deserve such short shrift? ;)
Synergy6
03-08-2007, 04:33 PM
I still think you're contaminating machines, real or virtual, with a particularly nasty variant of a boot-sector virus. What did the poor machine do to you to deserve such short shrift? ;)

Do virtual machines change boot sectors?
glussier
03-08-2007, 04:56 PM
Do virtual machines change boot sectors?

No they don't.