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Re: [TCLUG:12618] using VMWare



I've been running it on my laptop (P5-300MMX/64) with NT.  It's very
usable, even Office97. etc.  I wouldn't try 98.  I doubt the PPRo 200 can
handle the job though.

Peter Lukas

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Brian Ackermann wrote:

> 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...
> 
> 
> --
> 
> 
> ----------
> >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.
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > --  I know you think you thought you knew what you thought I said,
> > --  but I'm not sure you understood what you thought I meant.
> >
> > ++  Dan Debertin
> > ++  Systems Administrator
> > ++  Bitstream Underground, Inc.
> > ++  danield@bitstream.net
> > ++  (612)321-9290
> >
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