One advantage if six core processors

[Hagar]

With VMware I allocate 4 cores to the Linux VM and and leave two for the host OS windows 7. This gives a very speedy system. I generally allocate memory equally at 2Gb each.

andy

 

[The Asgard]

Never tried Linux under VM but I thought it multitasked pretty well on low end hardware. Do you need to allocate 4 cores?

I run Server 2008 under VM and that's pretty responsive on my I7 with only 2 cores.

 

[Hagar]

Never tried Linux under VM but I thought it multitasked pretty well on low end hardware. Do you need to allocate 4 cores?

I run Server 2008 under VM and that's pretty responsive on my I7 with only 2 cores.

Depends on the version of Linux and what you are doing, Linux uses cores most effectively.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Never tried Linux under VM but I thought it multitasked pretty well on low end hardware. Do you need to allocate 4 cores?

Hey Asgard,

wouldn't it depend on what processes/applications you actually run under the Virtual system . . . aside from the virtual O/S itself?

 

[The Asgard]

Hey Asgard,

wouldn't it depend on what processes/applications you actually run under the Virtual system . . . aside from the virtual O/S itself?

Yes but you can say this about any program.

I don't know anything apart from the basics of Linux. I know it's pretty lightweight compared to Windows.

I installed SBS 2008 last week in a VM and that worked pretty well with only 2 cores allocated and 6GB of ram.

 

[The Asgard]

Depends on the version of Linux and what you are doing, Linux uses cores most effectively.

What do you run in the VM?

 

[Hagar]

I code, I run folding and seti apps and I run data analysis, math stuff and gaming like chess, not all at once obviously but usually am running more than one simultaneous program as well as ones running background on the host OS.
I would not describe Linux as lightweight compared to windows, windows just seems to be resource dependant although 7 is better than previous versions for not hogging the ram.

 

[The Asgard]

I would not describe Linux as lightweight compared to windows, windows just seems to be resource dependant although 7 is better than previous versions for not hogging the ram.

Things must have changed in the Linux world for the worst. That was one of its biggest advantges over Windows.

 

[Hagar]

Things must have changed in the Linux world for the worst. That was one of its biggest advantges over Windows.

You can get very lightweight floppy sized linux installations that can run on 386 / 486 processors with a few Mb of ram. You can also get full graphical desktops which require Gb and SMP capability. The big advantage of linux is this variability and the community support. You can download hundreds of different distributions and apps to suit what you want to do.

This is the wrong forum to discuss the benefits of windows and linux, but having hardware that will run the best from both simultaneously is great.

andy.