Cliff Wells wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my >> Mac Mini arrives... > > I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got > a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for > general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do > anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to give you a > "feel" describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow > drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for doing > testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may be out > of its league. > > If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help a lot. > > Regards, > Cliff
Do you have the "old" mini with a G4 and the dog slow 4200 RPM drive? If so that would explain a lot. The new Intel based ones have a much faster processor and a much better hard drive. The difference is night-and-day. Jim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= There's no place like 127.0.0.1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= JimD Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol -- [email protected] mailing list
