On 08/07/2007, Eran Sandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > I haven't been active lately on the mailing list but I am watching it. > > > > I have a question regarding virtualization software on Linux. > > > > I plan on getting a new laptop. Unfortunately I still need access to Windows > for some development purposes and I need to know the performance of > virtualization software such as VmWare or Parallels on Linux as opposed to > Parallels on Mac (which I heard is really really fast). > > > > Of course I would rather have a laptop running Ubuntu or some other Linux > variant and have a virtualization software such as VmWare (or something else > that is really fast) running instead of using Mac, but I would do anything > in my power to avoid running a Windows laptop (and since its new it will > probably have Vista which is even worse). > > > > Does any of you have prior experience with this or know someone who does? > > > > I'll have to run Visual Studio 2005, compile and run it with MSSQL on that > machine and it should work smoothly. > > > > I'd love to get comments and/or information about it. > > > > Thanks, > > Eran > >
On my Dell Inspiron 6400 2 Ghz Intel, 2GB RAM, Windows runs extremely well in VMWare server. I've never installed Windows on this machine (formated the hard disk as soon as I got it), so I cannot compare, but it feels to be native speed. That is, Windows in the VM on this laptop runs faster than native Windows on my university computers. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
