[cobalt-users] RE: [cobalt-users][OT] VMWare (Was: Qube 3, IMAP, MySQL, PHP question from inexperienced new owner: be gentle!)

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Colin J. Raven wrote:

> >2. I'm gonna try to put RedHat 7 on my notebook and use VMware to run
> >virtual Windows. Hope I make it work; if I do, I'll let you
> >know how things go.
> 
> I hope you have SCADS of RAM Rodolfo!!!
> VMWare requires beaucoup m.e.m.o.r.y to run decently.
> I tried the exact exercise on a seriously high-end laptop with really
> significant resources, and I was disappointed with the results.
> Not that it didn't "run" oh yes, it ran. I was disappointed with the
> performance however.
> Let us know how it works out.
> Have a good trip!
> -Colin
> 


Hmm... I have it on a Pentium 450MHz with 128MB slow ram (66mhz) - and it
works perfectly well.
The surprising thing is that windows now loads faster than how it loaded
without linux at all (i'm on redhat 7, default everything)...

I also have it on a Pentium 733MHz with 256MB 133MHz ram and that RULES
:-)

- shimi.