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