It's been a year or two back, but Parallels was very stable for me. I see they've won several awards this year, perhaps it should be on your candidate list...?
Tom in NM On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 21:10 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Dec 19, 2007 5:25 PM, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi ! > > > > > > I have a tough choice. Client have an Intel-based Quad-Core PC with SuSE > > 10.3, > > and time to time (~1 - 1.5 hours day) needs Win XP with Adobe Photoshop, > > InDesign, Dreamveawer and some weird video editing programs. He does not > > want > > to reboot he;s workstation in "clean" WinXP-only mode. > > > > The obvious cantenders for virtualization are: VMware, VirtualBox and Xen > > (KVM/QEMU does not suitable because it lacks guest OS video acceleration). > > > > The question is - which of these virtualization solutions will offer best > > performance, especially in terms of graphic/video screen redraw, sound > > latency, and 3D graphic ? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s). > > As to VMware: > The free version, VMware Server, is NOT optimized for desktop use. It > works, but not the way you're describing. You would need to consider > VMware Workstation and I don't have any experience with that. > > Greg > -- > Greg Freemyer > Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist > http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer > First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - > http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf > > The Norcross Group > The Intersection of Evidence & Technology > http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
