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does my computer have enough memory for virtualbox
Posted: 6. Sep 2009, 03:47
by hairchin67
i want to use virtualbox to run windows in ubuntu/linux solely for the purpose of math lab for college here are my specs for my dell:
memory 500.6 MiB
processor Intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 CPU 2.40 GhZ
can i use virtual box as it stands now?
Re: does my computer have enough memory for virtualbox
Posted: 6. Sep 2009, 03:59
by Perryg
You can install XP with 128 Meg of Ram, but it will run slow. You can actually run it at 64 Meg but not suggested.
Re: does my computer have enough memory for virtualbox
Posted: 10. Sep 2009, 07:38
by tacoz
There was a time when I used to run XP SP3 in vbox on a localhost machine of only 512MB RAM and Mint. The vbox instance of XP with 128MB worked fine because:
> it was installed with TinyXP
> themes, time, updates and many other unessential services were disabled
> replaced the default windows shell with GeoShell
The benefits were:
> didn't have to fuss with automatic updates
> didn't run any anti-virus either... major CPU/RAM benefits
> and you wouldn't say it was slow
Point is... yes your Dell should have more RAM added but even as is, a seriously tweaked XP can run successfully! An installation of XP out of the box was and is never a good installation, even with 2GB RAM (IMHO) and should always be seriously tweaked for performance, especially if the RAM resources are low.