On 04/12/2007, Philip Brown <phil at primeradesigns.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Just looking for a high level response on xVm and it's performance. > > With OpenSolaris now being able to run Windows as a host what is the > performance like. I ask, as I do not have the required (core2duo) chip to > test myself. > I happily run OpenSolaris for 95% of me needs but need Windows for a couple > of aps (not graphics/photoshop or other intensive aps). > > Is Windows as a host viable - performance wise or am I still better off dual > booting once in a while to satisfy my need. >
My personal experience, on an AMD Turion X2 is that win4Solaris (effectively qemu) is faster and networking worked, via wireless. I was not able to go out via wireless with the Solaris xvm host, as only some nics are supported. I suspect I could have made it work, but gave up as the performance was not as good as I needed. -- Tony Reeves Southbridge New Zealand
