Comments on: Microsoft’s Mythbusting of VMware http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/microsofts-mythbusting-of-vmware/ Mon, 13 May 2013 18:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: DarkAlman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/microsofts-mythbusting-of-vmware/#comment-71 DarkAlman Sun, 12 Apr 2009 06:32:52 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-consultant/microsofts-mythbusting-of-vmware/#comment-71 Microsoft’s generic drivers used in hyperV scare the crap out of me. I run vmware on half a dozen different boxes with completely different hardware and the most important things for me are stability and VM portability. Vmware has been working with HP, IBM, Dell and Intel for years now to produce drivers and hardware that work together for virtualization. That’s reliability I count on. I’ve been running Vmware for over 2 years at a client without ever having a single crash why would I switch to a product that runs as a core part of a Microsoft OS that’s less than 6 months old!? Microsoft doesn’t exactly have a good track record for new products.

If I was planning on running an “over-top” virtualization tool ie one that runs on top of windows, it would only be for a test-lab scenario where cost was an issue and performance isn’t. In that case I would run VMware 2.0 a proven (not version 1) virtualization tool with proper virtualization drivers, 100% compatibility with ESX, that runs complete stable on windows (2000, 2003 and XP) and linux and is btw completely free.

Microsoft has gotten into the virtualization game too late, its generations behind VMware and like many things they do its too rushed and not well thought out.

This video is touting unreleased features for a 2nd generation virtualization product. I’ll stick with my proven 4th generation product thank you.

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