i have a vmware image of evergreen 1.4.0.6 which i run in vmware
workstation.
i am able to run it okay.
the specs of my machine are quite low.2g ram, 1.7 gz.i gave the virtual
machine i think 1.2 gig of ram for my virtual machine.so i think your specs
are okay.
for windows i prefer vmware
Yes it is okay if you are running a 32 bit virtual machine (VM).
For a 64bit VM, processor should support hardware virtualization and
it should be enabled in BIOs settings.
My recommendation is since you are spending on i7 processor, check if
the one you are ordering supports hardware