"And, with Dropbox installed on both host and client, syncing between the two is dead easy."
I would like to know how to do that. I assume you mean that you have a drop box on the virtual machine that is syncing with one on the real machine. How does one of these machines invite the other?
Jordan,I recently moved to a Windows 7 machine (64 bit) but still needed to be able to run NotaBene 9 from time to time. NotaBene 10 runs beautifully on the 64 bit machine, but because it is still in Beta with some of its functions not fully implemented, I simply loaded a complete iteration of Windows XP within the free VMWare Player. It works like a charm: accesses all devices (network, CD/DVD drive, scanner, printer, and more) of the Windows 7 machine; allows drag and drop between the Windows 7 host and the Windows XP client. And, with Dropbox installed on both host and client, syncing between the two is dead easy. I have yet to find a problem with this scenario. Because my new machine has 8 gigs of ram, there is plenty of room for more than one running at the same time. I have since added a full install of Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTE) to the VMWare player, and even with the host and two clients there is no noticeable slowing of any of them. By the way, those of you struggling with XYWrite under VirtualPC, you might want to try the VMWare Player instead: simply install a Windows 3.1 or 95 or 98 client. It costs nothing (you don't need their paid-for VMWare Workstation at all); it is simple to remove if you don't like it; it has a large community of people who offer help and assistance. Just make sure you install the VMWare Tools for your specific client.Best regards, William TeBrake UMaine History, Emeritus On 7/29/2012 12:49 PM, J R FOX wrote:I'm less than clear on what you wrote: presumably this refers to a different -- or second -- VPC emulation module ? (I was not aware that one existed for Win 3.1, in that event.) Otherwise, you would be talking about some sort of dual boot ? Probably not the latter, as my experiments with having 32-bit Win-7 and XP peacefully coexist in a dual-booting scenario have been plagued by severe problems, and I'm starting to think that setup is not worth the trouble. Jordan --- On Fri, 7/27/12, Kari Eveli <lexitec@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:The best way of getting great DOS windows is to install Windows 3.1 and to use Windows 3.1 DOS boxes. They are the most compatible DOS boxes I have seen, and performance is better under Windows 3.1 DOS boxes than under plain VPC DOS. For example, when I run a data-intensive Clipper application under a DOS box the run time is cut in half.
