Re: [TCLUG:12618] using VMWare

["Brian Ackermann" <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>]

On my previously discussed AMD k6-2 350 with 64M ram, windows took about 3
minutes to boot.  It was noticibly slower in VMWare, but certainly usable...

I'd recommend it, though your processor may be a bit weak for the job...


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>From: Dan Debertin <danield@bitstream.net>
>To: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
>Subject: Re: [TCLUG:12618] using VMWare
>Date: Thu, Jan 20, 2000, 2:20 PM
>

> 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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