Re: [TCLUG:12618] using VMWare

[Amy Tebbe <atebbe@real-time.com>]

One other point to add - Win95 under vmware ran much faster for me than Win98.

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 02:22:23PM -0600, Peter Lukas (peter@math.umn.edu) wrote:
> 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.
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