Ryan Cromwell » VMWare http://blog.cromwellhaus.com Improving my craft... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:06:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Why VMWare over Virtual PC http://blog.cromwellhaus.com/2008/10/why-vmware-over-virtual-pc/ http://blog.cromwellhaus.com/2008/10/why-vmware-over-virtual-pc/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:41:17 +0000 cromwellryan /blogs/ryanc/archive/2008/10/21/why-vmware-over-virtual-pc.aspx I just found the reason why I’m going to slap down almost $200 bucks for VMWare Workstation over Virtual PC: Unity.  I am using a coworkers VM to help on a project he’s been working on, but he uses VMWare and I use Virtual PC.  Instead of buy a license I’m using VMWare Player.  Well I found option under VMWare called Unity so of course I clicked it.   Well it’s possibly the coolest thing I’ve seen ever. 

Here is my desktop with VMWare running as normal:

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and here it is with Unity:

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All of the windows/applications that were active inside the VM are now native windows in my host.  Also, when you go down to the start button, a second Start Button with the name of the VM becomes visible that allows you to start other apps in this same mode.  I don’t care what you say, that’s just awesome.

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