Windows Virtual PC vs. Hyper-V Virtual Machines vs. Windows Virtual PC after XPMode installation Advantages and Disadvantages

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Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Advantage:

• 64-bit support
• dynamic memory allocation
• multi-core CPU
• Can install Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and later

 Disadvantage:

• Can't get sound to work on those machines yet
  [Updated 2011-05-05]  This is disappointing, but I guess it fits most people's requirement as most people don't use Hyper-V for personal development environment.  Guess I'll just have to set up those machines for remote connect.
  http://sqlblog.com/blogs/john_paul_cook/archive/2009/09/14/enabling-sound-on-hyper-v.aspx
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/hyper-v-troubleshooting-enabling-audio-over-rdp.aspx
• Trying to add an new wireless adapter to create a new virtual network is a pain.

Windows Virtual PC after XPMode installation

Advantage:

• USB connection
• Direct access to all host drives

Disadvantage:

• Not really intuitive management UI at first
• No 64-bit support
• No Windows 7

Regular Virtual PC

Advantage:

• Simple and quick to get started
• Virtual hard drive created here has the least problem getting migrated into other setup.

Disadvantage:

• Not scalable at runtime
• No 64-bit support
• No windows 7 support