Re: [TCLUG:12618] using VMWare

[Dan Debertin <danield@bitstream.net>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm thinking about getting VMWare for my Linux box. It's a Pentium Pro 200
> with 96 MB RAM. Would expect VMWare to run Win95 with reasonable
> performance with this config? I don't use Win95 much so I'm willing to
> live with a performance penalty.

I tried VMWare on my 400Mhz, 96MB laptop -- it took perhaps 10 minutes to
boot Win98. I was not impressed. There is a free trial available if you
want to try it yourself, though. If you can tolerate the drag, have fun...

Dan D.
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