Minimum requirements for xp running 3 virtual machines?

[Chiz]

Hello,

I plan on buying a laptop and also setting up possibly vmware or hyper-v to run 3 virtual machines. One being a domain controller; Two being MS server 2003 and 3 being a client xp machine. This is just for test purposes only.

What's the minimum required? I'm guessing no less than 3gb ram if all 3 were running at the same time? Could i even push it at 2gb and assign 512mb to each machine?

Any info would be appreciated.

 

[Chiz]

Thanks a lot guys. I wasn't sure whether 3gb would suffice, but i can see it's plenty. Cheers again!

Edit: yeah, 5400rpm i'm aware of and i understand the performance this will give unfortunately. What's also unfortunate is the fact that i'm not made of money so £600 at a push is all i can afford. The Dell M1330 is looking like a sure thing. Shame about the graphics card, but i don't play games on pc.