pirate07
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- Aug 18, 2010
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vmware is a program in which you can install and run another operating system while your main operating system is still running. It is a great way to A. test out an Operating System before you physically install it on your computer, B. Test out programs to see if they work or are virus infected. Because a Virtual Machine is installed on a virtual disk (a part of your hard drive separate from your Real OS) So if it gets messed up it doesn't effect you current OS at all.
I use vmware all the time for the reasons i just mentioned. However a lot of business are now beginning to run many of there servers virtualized using vmware. Saves the business a lot of money not having to physically buy each server they want to run.
Now keep in mind that your PC needs to have a decent amount of RAM (2-3 GBs minimum) and a dual core processor is best. Otherwise it just slows your PC down to where you can barley use it.
My PC Specs
1 - 1TB HDD
1 - 500GB HDD
3 GB RAM
AMD Athlon x2 2.90 GHz Processor
GFX: ATI HD Radeon 4650 w/1GB RAM
I don't have an issue running any virtual machine. the main thing is you don't want to take too much RAM away from your main OS. especailly if your just using it for testing purposes. When i install Windows 7 in a virtual machine i just give it 1GB of RAM. It doesn't run the fastest, but is enough to do what i need to do without drastically slowing down your PC. If you install XP in a virtual machine 512mb of RAM is more than enough Same goes for pretty much any Linux OS, 512mb of RAM is efficient.
Hope this clears things up for you. if you need further explanation please let me know
I use vmware all the time for the reasons i just mentioned. However a lot of business are now beginning to run many of there servers virtualized using vmware. Saves the business a lot of money not having to physically buy each server they want to run.
Now keep in mind that your PC needs to have a decent amount of RAM (2-3 GBs minimum) and a dual core processor is best. Otherwise it just slows your PC down to where you can barley use it.
My PC Specs
1 - 1TB HDD
1 - 500GB HDD
3 GB RAM
AMD Athlon x2 2.90 GHz Processor
GFX: ATI HD Radeon 4650 w/1GB RAM
I don't have an issue running any virtual machine. the main thing is you don't want to take too much RAM away from your main OS. especailly if your just using it for testing purposes. When i install Windows 7 in a virtual machine i just give it 1GB of RAM. It doesn't run the fastest, but is enough to do what i need to do without drastically slowing down your PC. If you install XP in a virtual machine 512mb of RAM is more than enough Same goes for pretty much any Linux OS, 512mb of RAM is efficient.
Hope this clears things up for you. if you need further explanation please let me know