Re: [Thinkpad] IE 7 RC1

On 10/2/06, Rob Bell <RobDBell@mailworks.org> wrote:
>
> Michael Geary wrote:
>
> >>The thing that really bugs me about IE in general is that I
> >>can only have one version of it installed. I would love to
> >>take IE7 for a spin, but as I have to ensure that the web
> >>sites I'm working on look right in IE6 (as 90% of my
> >>population is on it) I can't load IE7 as IE6 would be gone.
> >>
> >>I suppose I could load up VMWare, do a parallel installation
> >>of XP and load IE7 on there, but that's a pretty major hoop
> >>to jump through. Or buy myself another machine, but that's
> >>not really an option at the moment.
> >
> >
> > VMware is by far the best way to do this. You don't even have to buy
> VMware
> > Workstation (although it has many advantages) - the free VMware Player
> will
> > do the trick.
> >
> > -Mike
>
> If you're just using the VMware Player are there some pre-built images
> available, or do you still have to create the logical machine and
> perform a fresh XP install? Does Player even allow that?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

There are a number of pre-built images available for the player, but since
this is Microsoft we are dealing with here, there aren't any images for XP.
Think -- activation code process. I believe all the VM's available for free
download are open source, license-free, or time-limited trials.
I suppose someone could create an XP VM that is unregistered, but it would
very likely be a pain to deal with and would certainly be in violation of
the MS product licensing.
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Received on Mon Oct 2 12:24:15 2006