We got ourselves a copy of Virtual PC 2004 Beta 2, Build 553 and installed it to see what Microsoft have changed since acquiring this product from Connectix.
Our first thoughts on starting this up we found mostly everything to be the same as Connectix's Virtual PC 5.2, with minor changes in the settings/options and the Virtual PC Wizard as well as the Microsoft rebranding. The first thing we noticed was the removal of Linux, BSD, Netware and Solaris from the Guest Operating System Wizard list, which was bound to happen to Virtual PC in the hands of Microsoft. In the Settings and Options screens, Microsoft have added some new options such as:
the ability to use more than 1 networking adapter
change display settings, and hide menu/status bars
more detailed Performance options
disable Messages that would often popup when installing/running a Guest OS
There are also some icon makeovers, as well as sporting a brand new Virtual PC Logo, which you can view in the About Window.
Check out the whole story at MSFN.org
Our first thoughts on starting this up we found mostly everything to be the same as Connectix's Virtual PC 5.2, with minor changes in the settings/options and the Virtual PC Wizard as well as the Microsoft rebranding. The first thing we noticed was the removal of Linux, BSD, Netware and Solaris from the Guest Operating System Wizard list, which was bound to happen to Virtual PC in the hands of Microsoft. In the Settings and Options screens, Microsoft have added some new options such as:
the ability to use more than 1 networking adapter
change display settings, and hide menu/status bars
more detailed Performance options
disable Messages that would often popup when installing/running a Guest OS
There are also some icon makeovers, as well as sporting a brand new Virtual PC Logo, which you can view in the About Window.
Check out the whole story at MSFN.org
