Re: Finding W2K was Re: La Machine Est Morte, Vive La Machine!

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Bill,

How recent was your version of VBox, where this was still the case ?  The one I downloaded the other day was v. 4.3.14-95030.  (I guess I could locate the changelog.)  The version of VMWare player I downloaded -- in early May -- was v. 6.0.2, which may not be the most recent.  I'm getting closer to trying out one or the other of these, but if your observation still holds that might tip the balance back in
 favor of VMWare.  Of course, if I went for 32-bit Win 7 as the Guest, this could all be moot.  But I doubt I have enough hard drive space right now to accommodate that.  Might have to upgrade / replace the other hard drive first, and there could be some other reasons for doing that anyway.


   Jordan


 
 
 
 
  From: Bill Troop 
 To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:57 PM
 Subject: Re: Finding W2K was Re: La Machine Est Morte, Vive La Machine!
  
 


Just so long as you're clear, Jordan, that, using Win2K as the guest,
VBox will not (in its current version) allow XyWrite to display
directories of your host drive, but VMware will. That is the main reason
to prefer VMware at this time. There is no reason why this should not be
fixed in the future, but it is possible that no bug report has been
filed.


At 23/07/2014 17:15, you wrote:



Thanks Kari, this is good to
know.  Given that Virtualbox seems to have received the better
reviews here -- for more flexibility in certain areas -- it would be good
to find out about any equivalent VM 'snapshot' or backup facility it may
offer.




   Jordan