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Quoting Bill Burns <bburns -at- teamqds -dot- com>:
>
> It looks like we're going to start using VMWare here (in our docs department,
> development already uses it) to emulate different work environments so we can
> test our software and verify our documentation. From what I've seen of it,
> the product looks quite impressive.
>
> How many of you are using VMWare in your documentation efforts? What does it
> allow you to do that you aren't able to do using separate test systems? What
> are its limitations, from your perspective?
>
I've used VMWare off and on for about four years. Its main advantages are that
you don't need another machine, and that you can easily take screen shots of
installation programs. In fact, I've even been in the position of running on
VMWare the same operating system as on my machine so that I could document the
install program.
Limitations? You want a machine faster than 500 mhz, and a minimum of 256
megabytes of RAM. As big a monitor as possible is also useful if you're
planning to keep swapping between your word processor and VMWare.
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