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Kumvinod
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 Buying Laptop to Run Vmware Workstation
VDI, Virtual Desktop, VMware
I am planning to buy a laptop. I will primarily run VM Workstation 6 or sometimes VM ware Server on it with one or two guest O/S ( Mostly Linux / Sun Solaris 32 bit for i386). Do you think the below configuration would be enough Intel core 2 duo , 4 GB , 320 GB SATA and a E-Sata ( Lenovo Model ) Please suggest if Lenovo would be good or I should look for another brands I also want to If I may suffer performance degradation even with above configuration because of a single hard disk Thanks in Advance

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Intel core 2 duo , 4 GB , 320 GB SATA and a E-Sata ( Lenovo Model )
ASKED: September 28, 2009  4:25 PM
UPDATED: September 30, 2009  3:58 PM
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The specs are enough to run the 2 guest VMs as long as you don't overcommit the memory on the guest OS. In addition since you are planning on running a linux flavor OS, 512 MB to 1 GB would suffice.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  September 28, 2009  4:45 pm  by  Aguacer0   8,120 pts.
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Those specs look fine. My laptop is about 2 years old or so and runs 4 Windows 2003 VMs under VMware Workstation under Windows 7 without issue.

Denny Cherry
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Those specs are similar to my laptop and should be fine. Can’t comment on the brand – I’ve had trouble with them all. Thinking about just building my own!

KevinBeaver
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