>I agree about the call for a test drive version
>
>Even if it's only for 7 days it's enough.
>
>Ideally it would include Win2K, WinXP variants as selectable images
>But... Given the $ if I knew I was going to get performance increase I'd
>notice... I'd upgrade from Office vX. As it is, I'm looking at getting a PC
>
>On 26/9/04 3:34, in article
>(email address - cut out), "privacy.at Anonymous
>Remailer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
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>>
>> Speaking personally, from my own experience with 7.0, I would disagree.
>> There is a noticeable improvement in graphical video redraw performance
>> if you compare 6.11 with 7.0. Granted it may not be a jaw-dropping change
>> in speed, it is roughly comparable to the speed gain seen between 5.0 and
>> 6.0.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mitchell,
>>
>>
>> Just a simple question:
>>
>> Why there is no "test drive" of Virtual PC 7? Why can't people decide on
>> their own if is there an improvement or not, instead of reading different
>> impressions of people?
>>
>> I know Oficce2004 is a great piece of software, and here is a test drive
>> for it.All right. But VPC7?Is Microsoft trying to hide something?
>>
>> I believe that we have the right to choose what to buy knowing what's all
>> about, instead of acting like blind people tryng to get the impressions of
>> the others who have already tried it....
>>
>>
>> I don't agree to spend money anymore, without knowing exactly what and how
>> good is the product, Mitchell. You should propose Microsoft a "test drive"
>> of VPC7,if you really have something to show as improvement there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Mann
>>
>>
>>
>>

> NOTE: This message was sent thru a mail2news gateway.
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> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Speaking personally, from my own experience with 7.0, I would disagree.
> There is a noticeable improvement in graphical video redraw performance
> if you compare 6.11 with 7.0. Granted it may not be a jaw-dropping change
> in speed, it is roughly comparable to the speed gain seen between 5.0 and
> 6.0.
>
>
>
> Mitchell,
>
>
> Just a simple question:
>
> Why there is no "test drive" of Virtual PC 7? Why can't people decide on
> their own if is there an improvement or not, instead of reading different
> impressions of people?
>
> I know Oficce2004 is a great piece of software, and here is a test drive
> for it.All right. But VPC7?Is Microsoft trying to hide something?
>
> I believe that we have the right to choose what to buy knowing what's all
> about, instead of acting like blind people tryng to get the impressions of
> the others who have already tried it....
>
>
> I don't agree to spend money anymore, without knowing exactly what and how
> good is the product, Mitchell. You should propose Microsoft a "test drive"
> of VPC7,if you really have something to show as improvement there.
>
>
>
> Tom Mann
>
>
>
>

> There are so many potential issues with a test drive, its not worth
> the amount of negative response MS will get.
>
> For example:
>
> 1. It would not include any OS. There are no evaluation versions of
> Windows. This will generate enough negative responses to cancel the
> idea, " How can I test this product without Windows? I have a Mac, I
> am not going to buy Windows to test VPC!", etc, etc, etc.
> 2. There would be a large enough percentage of users that would
> convert there VPC 6 OS to VPC 7 and then let the test drive run out,
> leaving them with an incompatible VM.
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:42:25 +1000, Jeremy E Cath
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>> I agree about the call for a test drive version
>>
>> Even if it's only for 7 days it's enough.
>>
>> Ideally it would include Win2K, WinXP variants as selectable images
>> But... Given the $ if I knew I was going to get performance increase I'd
>> notice... I'd upgrade from Office vX. As it is, I'm looking at getting a PC
>>
>> On 26/9/04 3:34, in article
>> (email address - cut out), "privacy.at Anonymous
>> Remailer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>>
>>> NOTE: This message was sent thru a mail2news gateway.
>>> No effort was made to verify the identity of the sender.
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> Speaking personally, from my own experience with 7.0, I would disagree.
>>> There is a noticeable improvement in graphical video redraw performance
>>> if you compare 6.11 with 7.0. Granted it may not be a jaw-dropping change
>>> in speed, it is roughly comparable to the speed gain seen between 5.0 and
>>> 6.0.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mitchell,
>>>
>>>
>>> Just a simple question:
>>>
>>> Why there is no "test drive" of Virtual PC 7? Why can't people decide on
>>> their own if is there an improvement or not, instead of reading different
>>> impressions of people?
>>>
>>> I know Oficce2004 is a great piece of software, and here is a test drive
>>> for it.All right. But VPC7?Is Microsoft trying to hide something?
>>>
>>> I believe that we have the right to choose what to buy knowing what's all
>>> about, instead of acting like blind people tryng to get the impressions of
>>> the others who have already tried it....
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't agree to spend money anymore, without knowing exactly what and how
>>> good is the product, Mitchell. You should propose Microsoft a "test drive"
>>> of VPC7,if you really have something to show as improvement there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Mann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
> Website: http://www.essjae.com
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> So, make sure they do it smart enough so it's stand-alone, not an upgrade in
> place. The Office test drives are standalone and have to be removed before
> you upgrade your existing product