On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:08:46 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Our VMware "expert" claims that pre-allowating the HD image can result
> in reduced load on the HD subsystem (obviously at the expense of more
> disk space eaten).

Yep, that's true.

>> You're aware that Vista and later comes with a free (but incompatible
>> with VMWare) VM system, right?  See if you have a program called
>> "virtual PC" around.
> 
> I hear that Windows 2003 Server (?) comes with a "hypervisor" which runs
> on the real metal, and then 2003 itself actually runs as a
> paravirtualised guest. Or something like that...

It can as long as the system hosting supports the right virtualization 
technology.

Jim

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