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Old 03-13-2010, 03:44 AM
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Re: are programs noticeably slower when you run them on a virtual machine


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Originally Posted by lkub View Post
about the virtual machine option: are things noticeably slower when you run it with two OSs at the same time?
It really depends on software that you use as well as on your hardware. I have tried VirtualBox and VMWare. I didn't like the performance of the latter at all. VirtualBox with Windows XP works OK. It is still pretty slow even though I have core2duo with 2GB of RAM, but it is OK for syncing my mobile phone and doing little things. I wouldn't use Photoshop on it.

I should admit that I haven't tried to use Xen and Qemu, so I don't really know how fast they work.

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