On Sunday 21 May 2006 15:35, JimD wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 11:52 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> I have not used it though I plan on getting the OS X version once my > >> Mac Mini arrives... > > > > I have doubts about the performance of a VM on that hardware. I've got > > a mini and it's not fast (at least running Linux). Usable for > > general-purpose stuff but it feels pretty sluggish if I ask it to do > > anything heavy. I don't know any benchmarks, but if I had to give you a > > "feel" describing it, I'd put it on par with a 1GHz PIII with a slow > > drive and not *quite* enough memory. In short, it's great for doing > > testing on or just day-to-day stuff, but I think running a VM may be out > > of its league. > > > > If you can, replace the disk with a 5400RPM drive which will help a lot. > > > > Regards, > > Cliff > > Do you have the "old" mini with a G4 and the dog slow 4200 RPM drive? > If so that would explain a lot. The new Intel based ones have a much > faster processor and a much better hard drive. The difference is > night-and-day. >
Wot? They're using Intel in the mini too? Hmmm... time to rethink my next linux server appliance... Thank you for the heads up. Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
