Re: Parallels/Windows question



On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:41:18 GMT, Steve Ball <steveb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I assume there's no reason to buy anything more expensive than Windows XP
Home Edition. Is there any reason I should spring for XP Pro? Vista??

Why do you need anything as expensive as XP Home? According to
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/sr/, Parallels of the Mac
can run the following:

I bought a used Windows 95 for the express purpose of installing my
Upgrade XP Pro disk in Parallels. (The upgrade required me to show my
full install disk)

Guest OS

Windows:

* 3.1
* 3.11
* 95
* 98
* NT
* 2000
* XP
* 2003
* Vistas Business, Ultimate,
& Enterprise

Linux:

* SUSE
* Red Hat
* Debian
* Fedora Core
* Mandriva
* Xandros

Other:

* FreeBSD
* OS/2
* eComStation
* Solaris
* MS-DOS
* OpenBSD 3.8
.



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