On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, David S. Cargo wrote: > How much memory do you think VMWare would need? I have been > thinking of getting at least 256MB. Would there be any reason > not to get a new machine with 512MB? > > (There was a problem with older kernels and 1GB memory, I seem to > recall.) > > I have always intended to get a system with lots of memory and a > cheaper, slower processor, because the processor is not usually > the performance bottleneck. Depends how many sessions of VMWare you'd want. I generally "budget" 128mb/session, plus 256mb for the base system.. (but I'm also a fairly heavy user). -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500