I run 32-bit XP in VirtualBox on my X360. It's a low-voltage, dual-core 1.2GHz chip (SU9300) with 3GB of RAM running 64-bit Ubuntu (8.10 at the moment). It runs pretty fast for me; that is, the fan doesn't seem to go crazy and there's no real noticeable lag in the host or the VM. To be fair though, I haven't really used it much since I installed it, except to look at one website in IE.
A friend of mine with the same laptop signed up for the professional license from Sun (free for personal use, http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL) and used the virtual XP to configure his Harmony remote via USB. I don't see why the same solution wouldn't work for you, assuming you had a machine of comparable power. -Joe Mark Phillips wrote: > No one mentioned a VM solution - boot Linux and run Windows with some form > of vmware for ITunes. Am I looking at yet more expense for high end hardware > (lots of RAM and dual core)? I have tried vmware on my P4 2 GHz laptop and > it works but a little too slow. Also, the fan sounds like a blender on max, > so it kind of defeats the quiet aspect of a laptop. > > I have also had great experiences with older Dell hardware, but I have heard > that their quality is falling. > > Thanks for all the input - any vmware/other vm solutions on Linux fans out > there with recommendations for good laptop hardware? > > Mark --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
