To Dual Boot or to VMware?

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To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#1 Post by ParatoOptimal » Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:03 pm

Would it be better to install W7 and VMware to run an Ubuntu machine and any other OS/Machine or should I just dual boot W7 and Ubuntu in my Core Duo X60s?
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Re: To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#2 Post by jdrou » Thu Mar 03, 2011 7:21 pm

Given that you are limited to 3GB of memory I would probably just dual-boot. Virtualization means you need enough memory for the host OS as well as the virtual machine guest OS. Do you expect to need to switch between the OSes frequently? If your linux needs are fairly basic you might look at running Cygwin on Windows; I use the GNU text utilities this way all the time.
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Re: To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#3 Post by IvanAndreevich » Thu Mar 03, 2011 9:15 pm

If you run Ubuntu from VMWare - what kind of stuff would you be doing on it?
Owned Thinkpads: X300 X201T X200,T X61,s,T,T+ X60,s,T,T+ X41 X40 X31 T510 T500 T410 T400 T400s T61,p T60,p T43 T42 T41,p T40 W500 W700 - favorites in bold :)
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Re: To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#4 Post by ParatoOptimal » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:18 am

Internet, ripping/burning CD/DVD, office suite, testing/scanning software
770E (relic not in use
3000 N100 T2080 1.73GHz
R61 773-1GU
T41 2373 7FU Pentium-M 1.6GHz Banias
X31 2672 XXM Pentium-M 1.3GHz
X60s 1702-68U L2400 1.66GHz Core Duo
Compaq Portable (suitcase size, gone)
Mac Portable (first laptop in world, Stored
Mac Laptop (Stored
Toshiba Tecra (Stored
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Re: To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#5 Post by IvanAndreevich » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:57 am

ParatoOptimal wrote:Internet, ripping/burning CD/DVD, office suite, testing/scanning software
What does the last part mean?
Owned Thinkpads: X300 X201T X200,T X61,s,T,T+ X60,s,T,T+ X41 X40 X31 T510 T500 T410 T400 T400s T61,p T60,p T43 T42 T41,p T40 W500 W700 - favorites in bold :)
To do list: X301 X220 X220T X201 X201s X200s X201i T420s T410s T420 T520 W510 W701 and future models :)
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Re: To Dual Boot or to VMware?

#6 Post by ParatoOptimal » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:21 am

Testing trialware and alternate OSes. Testing win progs in Linux.
Scanning for viruses.
Scanning discs for quality of burn.
770E (relic not in use
3000 N100 T2080 1.73GHz
R61 773-1GU
T41 2373 7FU Pentium-M 1.6GHz Banias
X31 2672 XXM Pentium-M 1.3GHz
X60s 1702-68U L2400 1.66GHz Core Duo
Compaq Portable (suitcase size, gone)
Mac Portable (first laptop in world, Stored
Mac Laptop (Stored
Toshiba Tecra (Stored
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