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[NMLUG] VMware
On Wednesday 14 April 2004 10:32 pm, Mars DeLapp wrote:
> Wesley J Landaker wrote:
> > I've run heavily demanding CAD & EDA software under VMware and
> > haven't seen a significant slowdown.
>
> I am happy to hear that.
>
> >The processor in your machine doesn't need
> > to be particularly hefty (I've used it on a PII with no problems),
> > but make sure you have LOTS of RAM.
>
> What do you mean, "LOTS of RAM"? Is 512 MB OK?
It depends on what you run in it. Let's put it this way: say you're
running Windows XP; it's minimum requirements on a normal computer is
what? I think it's 512MB. Now you are going to put it in a virtual
machine...
Anyway, I don't know where exactly things break down, but I run it
regularly on a computer with dual PIV-Xeon w/ 2G RAM and it runs fine
even with tons of CAE tools. I've also run it on a computer with only a
PII-450 and 128M RAM and it ran fine until you loaded up something that
took a lot of memory; even then it ran pretty well once it finished
thrashing. I've also run it on a computer with a dual PIII-750 and 384M
and it ran everything I could think of just fine, including some
interactive 3D graphical applications. Never tried any CAE stuff on
that machine. (No matter how much RAM or processor power you have,
you're not going to get 3D acceleration, though. =)
--
Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>
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