![]() ![]() ![]() Of the problem is that the iBook isn't exactly high performance to None of that is awful, but it is noticeable. Which would have run in perhaps 18 seconds on a real install, tookĢ4 seconds here. A "time dd if=/dev/hda2 count=1024k of=/dev/null", Linux on my iBook, and after installation, running "makewhatis" It'sĮasy to have Linux, Windows 98, Windows ME, 2000, XP Home and XPĮasy doesn't necessarily mean fast. Mac users, but even ordinary PC users can find value in this. Mac (OS 9 or X) and OS/2 creates virtual machines that can run See the Virtualization Index for much more. That's OK, there are plenty of other products to choose Their web page seems to beĪ parking page now. If you are a home user, who wants to play with VM’s, and are not needing a serious VM app, then use VPC, but if you are a professional who uses this app for their business (as I do for testing many apps on many OS’s), then VM Ware is the only way to go.Update: I think Virtual PC is gone. VM Ware Workstation is a $300 program, VPC is free. Yeah, both have 4 tires, and use fuel, and go from A to Z, but thats about where the simularities stay. It is like comparing a Volkswagon to a Ferrari. Ilook at VM Ware, and see all the options, refinements, support for many OS’s, and then I look at VPC. Microsoft purchased the product from Connectix back a few years ago because it realized that it wanted to get into the virtualization market, and VM Ware was the only serious player in town. VM Ware (I am comparing VM Ware Workstation again Virtual PC) is such a nicely refined product, and Virtual PC is obviously something that Microsoft threw out there as soon as it could to try to compete in this market that VM Ware dominates.Ĭonnectix Virtual PC was not a very good application, and it is what Virtual PC is built on. ![]() However, I have used VM Ware and Virtual PC quite extensively, and other than the price, Virual PC has nothing going for it. I really wonder how many of the people here making all these comparisons have actually used these products? I make no claims to Parallels as I do not have a Mac and have only used it once. I guess this proves Intel VT doesn’t enhance performance at all (right now), or at least VMware already runs blazingly fast. And with its dual-core support for guest operating systems, it runs even faster with dual-core enabled. VMware completed the SuperPI test 6 seconds faster than Virtual PC. Perhaps it was just a psychological thing, but my new tests prove otherwise. I’ve actually been a long time user of VMware Server, but ever since alternatives started supporting Intel VT, I’ve switched and found the experience much better. ![]() Update: Under the advice of Keith Adams (from VMware), I gave VMware Server another go. Well worth checking if you do a lot of work in a virtual environment. My good friend Andrew Dugdell has 7 great tips on even improving Virtual PC’s performance. Unfortunately, none of the solutions (Virtual PC, Parallels, VMWare) will support hardware-graphics virtualization for quite some time, so there goes any chance of Aero Glass in a virtual environment. This has put my superstition about Virtual PC’s sluggish performance on the backburner for the while, until each product optimizes their products for Vista even further. Parallels started off faster by at most 2 seconds, but eventually Virtual PC caught up and ended up winning by 8 seconds. ![]()
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