Yeah, having to run hard-core apps in a VM wasn't fun until I got this i7 with 4 gigs.
A late 2008 laptop with 2 gigs was ok for occasional forays into other-os land, for testing and what not, which was all I needed it for. Sounds like Mama would be better off with a dual-boot... Editing video in a VM would be painful. :Den -- The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw. Friedrich Nietzsche On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Also is really dependent on the CPU. You'd probably want at least a dual > core to run it with a decent speed. Also you'd want to make sure the CPU > supports virtualization so you're not doing software virtualization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329265 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm