Anybody using VMWare? We're thinking of trying it.
Edward
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Tue Sep 28 03:56:57 UTC 2004
Yin Ming wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:53:25 -0700
> "Michael Scully" <agentscully at flexiblestrategies.com> wrote:
>
>
>> --- Ben Sheron <ben at whatsmykarma.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello Ben
>>>
>>>VMware is a quality product. My setup includes dual
>>>AMD MP 2800s, with
>>>512 MB RAM. It works beautifully. I mainly use it
>>>to make sure I have
>>>full compatibility with other Windows boxes (ie,
>>>opening a Word document
>>>in VMware after creating it in Open Office).
>
> [snip]
>
> Just a question. Is VMware a greedy memory eater? My box is PIII 866
> with only 256M mem, is it enough to run Linux and WIN2K both smoothly?
>
Not really. I would really only run this with a minimum of 512Mb. I have
in fact got 1Gb and it runs fine.
Regards,
Ed.
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