[windows2000] Re: 32-bit virtual machines

  • From: "Greg Reese" <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:18:09 -0600

On Nov 29, 2007 8:11 AM, Tim Mangan <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The free virtual server from microsoft will run on a 64bit host.
>
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> Subject: [windows2000] Re: 32-bit virtual machines
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> The VMWare advantage with 64b hosts, is as far as I understand only true
> with VMWare *Workstation*, which is the only VMWare software that actually
> supports native 64b with native 64b executables and such. The free VMWare
> server et all doesn't. Or so I've heard.
>
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> *From:* windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Greg Reese
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:30 PM
> *To:* windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [windows2000] Re: 32-bit virtual machines
>
>   a 64 bit host with 32 bit guests is the way to go.  You will be able to
> run more 32bit vm's more efficiently. The host has overhead and VMWare, Xen,
> etc were written to take advantage of 64 bit hardware.  Plus, you can cram
> it full of RAM which is where you will really see things perk up.
>
> On Nov 27, 2007 10:52 PM, Charles R. Buchanan <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From a layman's perspective, using the 64-bit cpu for 32bit apps/os'es
> > and so forth is no biggy. In fact, in a lot of cases, having that
> > dual/quad core cpu will make life so much better! :-)  I experimented
> > with XP64 for about a week and uninstalled it. It didn't like my sound
> > card, and I wasn't having that! lol!!! :-)  64bit computing would
> > probably be great, except for a few minor annoyances, like the lack of
> > drivers and the lack of 64bit programs to actually run! :-O  As you
> > know,
> > max out on the memory!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:10:38 -0500, While Searching For The "ANY" Key,
> > "Ray Costanzo" < ray@xxxxxxxxxx> said this:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My winter project this year is to rebuild my home network.  I'm
> > upgrading to
> > > a WS2003 domain from Windows 2000 (or I may venture into 2008
> > depending on
> > > when that comes out).  I'm going to make use of virtualization as much
> > as
> > > possible and anticipate having five or six VMs.  I'm not a big fan of
> > 64 bit
> > > OSes, so I want to run all 32 bit ones.  When I build the machine that
> > will
> > > host all the virtual machines, I'll want to get as much processing
> > power as
> > > I can reasonably afford.  It seems, however, that all the hardcore
> > > processors these days are 64 bit.  Will this matter?  Will I just be
> > wasting
> > > money buying a 64 bit processor for all 32 bit OSes?  Aside from the
> > "you
> > > should run 64 bit OSes" responses, any thoughts on this?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> >
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> > is still so hated
> > some two thousand years after his death."
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