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In article <24623$WIN95@JamNNTPd>,
 "ED VANCE -> ALAN ZISMAN" <1:123/140> wrote:


 CA>>> Wouldn't the least complicated and least expensive solution be
 CA>>> to install M$ VPC with a W98SE minimal install plus Opera and
 CA>>> then access the internet using that? W98SE is not as much of a
 CA>>> 'target' and if you maintain a copy of the VPC files when it
 CA>>> gets infected you just delete those infected virtual drives and
 CA>>> recopy the 'good' virtual drives back again. Seems much less
 CA>>> stressful to me. :-)


 AZ>> That's one way to do it... perhaps a better solution, both because it's
 AZ>> more secure than 98SE and because it's pre-packaged and ready to go
 AZ>> would be to install the free VMWare Player and download and use what
 AZ>> VMWare calls its 'Browser Appliance' which is actually a VMWare drive
 AZ>> image of a minimalist Ubuntu installation with Firefox...

 AZ>> Use the Browser Appliance for all Internet access and you're pretty safe.

 AZ>> Mind you, you can probably run a Win98SE virtual session with less of a
 AZ>> RAM footprint than a Ubuntu virtual session.

 EV> Alan,

 EV> Wondering about the VMWare Player you're talking about to Charles A.

 EV> Where can I download it from?  and will it work with W95?

 EV> Thanks.

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

What are the minimum PC requirements to install and use VMware Player?
A: For a typical host system, we recommend that you have a 400MHz or
faster processor (500MHz recommended) and 128MB RAM minimum (256MB RAM
recommended). You must have enough memory to run the host operating
system, plus the memory required for each guest operating system and for
applications on the host and guest. See your guest operating system and
application documentation for their memory requirements. VMware Player
requires approximately 150MB of disk space to install the application.
For more details on minimum PC requirements, see the Player specs.

I can't (with a quick check) find whether Win9x (any version) is
supported as what they refer to as a 'Host operating system'. Note
however that you need enough RAM to allow the host operating system to
run adequately PLUS enough RAM for your 'guest' operating system to run
adequately.

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