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On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:34:42 +0530 "Rahul Siddharthan" <rsidd120@gmail.com>  wrote:
	...
> So I'm seriously considering FreeBSD 7.  On the plus side, I've
> done quite a lot of C programming (though not system-level)
> since I last used FreeBSD, so I can try some hackery if I need to.
> On the minus side, I don't want to spend all my time fixing ports
> or patching device drivers -- I'd rather have a system that just
> works, and lets me focus on my work.  Anyway, I have a  few
> questions:
	...

> 6. Can I run Windows Vista (likely to be preinstalled -- no
>   choice) under Xen or qemu?

qemu support on FreeBSD is pretty good.  If Vista runs on
linux qemu, it will run on FreeBSD qemu.  But why would you
want to run it?  Just because you were forced to buy a
torture device doesn't mean you have to use it on yourself.
[Ok, ok, Vista is not all that bad!]

You do have a choice.  Buy a Macbook.  Things just work (and
it appears that for some strange reason you do want that).