I've not used it yet but have had this recommended http://www.virtualbox.org/ > > In terms of bang for buck with a PC these days, you can’t go past the > Intel Core 2 Duos. E.g. E8200 with 3MB cache per core. > > I just priced (about 2 weeks ago) up a replacement motherboard, Ram, > CPU (E8400) and graphics card (low end DX10) for under $700. > > However if you intend to run VM/multiple Vm’s most of the time, you > should ideally go for a quad core instead. > > VMware is still better than the MS offerings. > > Myles. > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *John Bird > *Sent:* Sunday, 17 August 2008 10:14 p.m. > *To:* 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List' > *Subject:* [DUG-Offtopic] Horsepower required for Virtual PC > > I am looking to upgrade my PC as it does not have enough horsepower to > run a MS Virtual PC with XP/ Delphi 7 development environment/MS SQL > Server in it. Current PC is 1GB RAM (Maxed out already), and around a > 2.2Ghz AMD Pentium processor. > > Does anyone have opinions on the best options: > > 1 - Is VMWare player likely to give better performance? > > 2 - Is MS Virtual PC 2007 more affected by RAM allocated or pure CPU > horsepower? > > 3 - I am looking at some flavour of Vista - Home > premium/business/ultimate - I have worked on a Vista desktop PC which > runs this virtual PC easily. > > Best looking options so far are either: > > a) AMD 64bit Athlon Phenom/Athlon desktop - able to take up to 8GB RAM > > b)Grunty-ish laptop Intel 2.2Ghz Intel Core Duo (Centrino 2) > > Any comments or other recommendations. I am interested in most bang > for the fewest bucks and portable-ish as well. > > 4 - I would also be running D2007 native (ie not in a virtual PC) - > any issues for D2007 with any of the above PC's on any versions of > Vista or the AMD 64bit chips? > > Any limitations of Vista Home Premium when connected to work networks? > > John > > Attention: > This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If > you are not the intended recipient, please do not use, disclose, copy > or distribute it, other than to return it to us with your confirmation > that it has been deleted from your system. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
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