From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Do6bJ-0001lZ-GM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:29:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Do6bE-0001kB-4N for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:29:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Do6bC-0001k3-Fx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:29:30 -0400 Received: from [64.233.184.194] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Do6ex-0001Sm-RF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:33:23 -0400 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i21so175746wra for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:28:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <23bcb87005063014284513c1d0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:28:15 -0400 From: Doctor Bill Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [Qemu-devel] Qemu Windows Host & Client Feedback Reply-To: Doctor Bill , qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hello, I am a new user of qemu. I notice the user forum does not exist anymore, so I hope this is the appropriate place for comments. After spending a day attempting to configure Bochs, I was pleased to find qemu works almost directly out of the box. My goal was to run Windows 98se under Windows XP so I could test software without running my old noisy machines. The first problem I noticed is that with the 0.70 version, keys are not mapped correctly. For example, if I try to type in a URL as soon as I press the letter e explorer opens. As soon as I type the letter m, the window minimizes.... I installed a the "CVS" snapshot and that problem appears to be fixed. I then got curious and wondered how fast is the virtual machine running. At times it seems like a 200MHz machine, and at other times it seems much faster. So I installed Norton Performance Test from my Norton System Works 2003 CD. However, whenever I launch the application I get the blue screen. Afterwards, other programs including explorer periodically cause blue screens. When I reboot, the qemu machine reports it failed to regrab the mouse and freezes until I close the window. Obviously more work is needed, but it is no worse quality wise than when I first beta tested VMWARE. I am particularly impressed with all the hardware platform that can be simulated. I am considering trying OSX simulation next. If the performance is comparable, then the simulated machine will be only slightly slower than my G3. Bill