<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV>It means for QEMU you need a valid licence of </DIV> <DIV>Windows right . . .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That is why I am very big supporter of WINE as it does not </DIV> <DIV>ask you to pay to M$ for a valid licence.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is not at its best but is improving . . . while the paid service</DIV> <DIV>of crossoverlinux is much better and would come much cheaper </DIV> <DIV>as compared to windows . . .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know you might have checked out with the crossover guys . . .</DIV> <DIV><BR>>> When you say QEMU doesn't run Windows, are you talking about Windows<BR>>> Vista, right? Cause QEMU runs Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP<BR>>> seamlessly.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>>I'll revist QEMU in the future, but I had some issues getting it<BR>>going, and never could get the accelerator working. For now VMWare<BR>>seems to be more than adequate for those last few of apps I have to<BR>>have. The overall performance on my desktop (AMD 64 3800+ with 2gb<BR>>of DDR2 5400 memory) is pretty terrific.<BR>>-- <BR>>Cheers,<BR>>SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man<BR>>Systems Theory internet music project links:<BR>>official site <<A href="http://www.systemstheory.net">www.systemstheory.net</A>><BR>>soundclick <<A href="http://www.soundclick.com/systemstheory">www.soundclick.com/systemstheory</A>><BR>>garageband <<A href="http://www.garageband.com/artist/systemstheory">www.garageband.com/artist/systemstheory</A>><BR>>"Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies" CD released Dec 2004<BR>>"Codetalkers" CD coming Nov 2006<BR>>NP: nothing<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>