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So here’s my latest dilemma. I live in SharePoint therefore I live in a virtual environment. I’ve been using Microsoft’s virtualization products (VirtualPC & Virtual Server) for a few years now, but over time I’ve seen people swear over VMWare’s products compared to Microsoft’s.

Recently VMWare released Workstation 6 and plenty of folks are raving about its features including things like USB 2 support, multi monitors, advanced networking support, snapshots and support for 64 bit systems. People say the performance blows Microsoft’s Virtual PC 2007 away, but they just SAY it, they don’t prove it. The downside, it’s $189 for those of us on Windows based systems. Then you’ve got their free Server product.

So, I’m tempted to give VMWare a shot. Hey, Workstation has a 30-day trial. I liked what I saw from Todd’s personal tests in his blog post last year when MOSS was still in beta. While talking to my bud Sahil tonight on IM, he made a great point I fully agree with: I bet most MSFT developers haven’t even tried anything except Microsoft’s virtualization products. True… then again, they are free… why would you want to pay $189 for something when you’ve got a free equivalent?

Check out this interesting post about the dilemma of which virtual platform to use, Microsoft Virtual PC or the VMWare equivalent. Do consider the alternatives and try them out, dependent on what you are after you might find one virtualization platform is better for you, but remember there’s XenExpress or Virtual Iron that can offer the same kind of functionality…

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