Hi there,

I am currently running Vista on my ASUS G1-S laptop. With RAM at 2GB, it runs Ok.
I want to setup an OS as a virtual machine so I can play and experiment - without doing irrepairable damage to my work laptop.

I've just setup Windows 7 as that virtual machine (using VMWare) and it runs really well....but when it is running my Vista host gets all slow and grumpy. No surprises I guess.

What I want to be able to do is work on my Vista laptop - but when i get a spare moment, switch over to my virtual Windows7 to have a play, try some VB.NET development etc. I need to be able to instantly switch back to my Vista machine when the phone rings or I need to do something.

I toyed with the idea of saving my Vista setup as a tib file using Acronis, putting it away for safe keeping and then installing Windows7 as the host - where I do my work - and keeping another Windows7 as a Vm for where I do my playing....but I'm too chicken to rely on Windows7 just yet.

Others have suggested using dual boot - but this prevents me from switching back and forth at will.

Does anyone have any other ideas? I guess I could host the VM on a server and RDP into ut when I want to play...but this requires an internet connection - which I don't have when I'm on holiday in Whangamata.

The options may be limited given what I am trying to achieve and the apparent hardware constraints - but just thought I would put it out there....


Thanks!