[windows2000] Re: OT: Virtual PC
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:44:11 +0100
windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> scribbled on Thursday, November 17,
2005 11:24 PM:
As Jim Kenzig pointed out, the issue may be with the Evo N800c I have.
No big deal though; I'll be running the VMs off of my stationary
instead.
> Sorin Srbu wrote:
>
>> I think I'll have too. But still, being able to run VPC on the laptop
>>
>> would be so practical...
>>
>
> I used to have a Dell P4 1.8 laptop, 1 GB RAM, 4200 RPM 40 GB drive,
and
> ran single simultaneous VM's on it with VMware Workstation without any
> issues at all. Never tried VPC on it.
>
> Portable is indeed nice, but I'd never take portable in lieu of real
> power when I need it.
>
>
>> Sounds good, although I'll have a hard time convincing my boss to pay
for
>> a dual-xeon...
>>
>>
>>
>
> here's a little tip - watch ebay. I found my brand new HP dual 3.4
> workstation all decked out, list price direct from HP more than $3500,
> for $1600 on ebay. I can't say I've ever been impressed with any HP
> machines in the past, but I'd never worked with any "real" ones (just
> the cruddy home Celeron models), so for that price we took a chance
and
> snapped it up. It's been a killer, rock solid machine. That's not
much
> more money than any run of the mill PC. If you're constrained on who
> you can buy from, you might be stuck though... You'll have to watch
for
> a while, maybe 1-3 months, to find the best deals. Saved searches
that
> email you new results are your friend.
>
>
>> So RAM and dedicated HD-space then.
>>
>> With 2GB of total RAM available, how much do you give each virtual
>> machine? I've seen a significant performance increase on the VMs if I
>> give them 384MB, or better yet a full 512MB, but then the host is
rather
>> "punished". The VMs run either WinXP SP2 or Win2k3 SP1.
>>
>>
>>
>
> depends.
>
> I like to give XP and 2003 at least 256 MB, if not 384 or 512.
Physical
> or virtual machine, 2003 and XP perform much better with 384 or 512,
and
> is pretty ugly at anything less than 256.
>
> I run other OS's (FreeBSD mostly, no GUI) just as much as Windows that
> can get by with a whole lot less RAM (32 or 64 MB many times,
depending
> on what they're doing).
>
> And if you don't plan on running 4-5+ simultaneous VM's as I do almost
> constantly, you don't need the kind of hog box I've described.
>
> -Chris
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