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Microsoft releases virtual machine for running IE 6 & 7 at the same time
As a solution for something that’s way harder than it should be, Microsoft has released a virtual machine with Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 & 7 preinstalled. The target for this is web developers who are looking to test their sites against both of the IE versions. The virtual machine has XP installed and pre-activated with expiration on April 1 2007.
It’s getting really interesting to see what Microsoft is doing with pre-built virtual machines. I hesitate to call these virtual appliances, but I suppose they are. I wonder if now that Windows Vista is released they’ll be a little more willing to allow Windows XP to float for this type of applications. This release certainly sets an interesting precedent and as a Macintosh user, testing in IE is really the only thing I really need Windows for anymore. So far I haven’t seen anyone convert the VHD format release into something that will run under VMWare or Parallels.
This entry was posted by Kimbro Staken on Saturday, December 2nd, 2006 at 5:28 pm and is filed under General. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comments will appear immediately, but I reserve the right to delete innapropriate comments.