> > As an additional qemu question; how do you all > think CAD software (SolidWorks, > > Unigraphics, Catia) would run on a Windows XP64 > guest under my Solaris 64 host? > > It's hard to tell. > > > Certainly I'm not expecting equivalent performance, > but fair? > > With the KQEMU module, you should get fairly good > performance, unless those > application are very graphics intensive, given that > QEMU only supports VESA and > the CIrrus Logic GDM5446.
Solidworks will not work at all well ... it'd fall down to OpenGL mode and it is _VERY_ hardware specific ... even down to versions of drivers ... from my own personal experience ... I would be very surprised if any 3D CAD system written in windows will work well in QEMU due to the graphical nature of the beast. there are a few CAD packages out there that do run on Solaris, but of course they are not compatible with existing works by other people, at least not in the main ... We have had some working, i've probably still got a couple sitting around, but the Windows boys wouldn't touch them because they already had a working CAD system, and the new guys got all pushy because the old guys coulnd't train them. Jon -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
