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Idea #6433: Improve Virtual PC Applications

Written by nami the 5 Apr 08 at 11:27. Category: Accessibility. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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1. THey should make full use of the graphics card, so if Windows XP is installed as a virtual pc, we should be able to play games properly.

2. They should allow copy and paste to and from client and host machines.
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Written by nami the 5 Apr 08 at 11:27.
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Auzy wrote on the 5 Apr 08 at 14:01
Parallels I think does that by using dodginess from Wine.. So its possible

vexorian wrote on the 5 Apr 08 at 15:19
VirtualBox allows 2. Although it is a little problematic-

1. Is as unimplementable as heck, there is work in that regard (Actually from virtualbox), but I wouldn't hold my breath.

I don't really think brainstorm is a good place for these suggestions

sf_007 wrote on the 5 Apr 08 at 15:28
First of all, the generic/usual name is "Virtual Machine", "Virtual PC" is a piece of software from Microsoft... but thats ok, we understood the idea...
This is all possible right now, VMware released a new beta a few days ago that as some very cool new features:
VMware workstation 6.5 beta
According to them:
"Support for applications that use DirectX 9 accelerated graphics applies only to Windows XP guests, on hosts running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Linux."
Nevertheless, it is always good to have a free alternative, VirtualBox, although very good, is not (at least yet) as powerful as VMware Wokstation... so +1

nami wrote on the 6 Apr 08 at 13:50
We need a free open-source solution.


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