I'm currently running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (RC). I cannot seem to figure out how I can have the virtual PC I've created boot from an ISO image. It was really simple in VPC2007, so I hope I'm just overlooking something.
Slightly OT, but can anyone who did not actually work on this product explain why it seems to be such a horrible step backwards from VPC2007? It seems to be slower, more complicated, and less-capable in many areas.
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