BK> BK>>  Well, that is step one. I was hoping the virtual machine would   
   BK> BK>>  be faster. That and avoid excess writes to the SD card   
      
   BK> RC> It would help that you would know what a VM is.   
      
   BK> RC> A VM is a emulated environment, what is being emulated is   
   BK> RC> hardware, Hdd's are created using very big files, the VM   
   BK> RC> borrows free memory from the host. A netbook has hardly the   
   BK> RC> desired horsepower to run a VM.   
      
   BK> What kinda specs does it take with XP?   
      
      Here is a blip form the Internet for VMWare   
      
   VMware Fusion   
   What programs can I run with VMware Fusion?   
      
   VMware Fusion lets you run more than 200 operating systems as virtual   
   machines including Windows XP through Windows 8. Nearly all programs   
   that run on these operating systems will run with VMware Fusion.   
   Programs can range from common productivity suites such as Microsoft   
   Office for Windows, to graphics intensive programs such as AutoCAD or   
   SolidWorks.   
      
   Minimum 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)   
   750MB free disk space for VMware Fusion and at least 5GB for each   
   virtual machine   
      
   VMware Fusion 5 supports more than 200 operating systems from Windows XP   
   through Windows 8, various flavors of Linux, and certain versions of Mac   
   OS X.   
   Here is a list of popular supported guest operating systems:   
      
       Windows XP   
       Windows Vista   
       Windows 7 (all versions, including 32-bit and 64-bit)   
       Windows 8 (all versions)   
       Ubuntu (most versions including 12.04, 11.10 and 10.04)   
       Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD   
       Mac OS X Leopard Server   
       Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server   
       OS X Lion and OS X Lion Server   
       OS X Mountain Lion and OS X Mountain Lion Server   
      
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