XP on Xen??

[Guy Fraser]

On Thu, 2006-06-04 at 13:28 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 22:06 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote:
> > ( I  need to amend my tax return)
> > 
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1946539,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
> > 
> > "Kettler demonstrated a virtualized desktop environment on a Dell
> > OptiPlex PC powered by a dual-core Intel Xeon processor and running
> > Red Hat Linux. Included in the PC was the Xen 3.0 open-source
> > virtualization hypervisor and the open-source Firefox Web browser.
> > Through the environment, he was able to create multiple virtual
> > machines that ran not only Linux but also Windows."
> > 
> > There is a very good "quick start" howto at
> > http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstart#head-811c0b64cf8c322a9d1463a95030a005dc485356
> > but it doesn't cover Windows.
> > 
> > Has anyone on this list been able to accomplish this?
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> You'll need VT enabled CPU in-order to run unmodified OS (such as
> Windows) using Xen.
> For now only certain Xeon models are VT enabled.
> Most future AMD and Intel CPUs (both Desktop and Server class) will
> support virtualization within the next quarter or two.
> 
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT

Nope.
Pentium D
and
Pentium Extreme Edition
Support VT as well, but they are also quite expensive.
I could build an entire second computer for the difference in 
price between a P4+HT 3.2GHz an a Pentium Extreme 3.2GHz.