Can this laptop handle what I'm trying to do with virtual machines?

#1 jerrykobes

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 05:45 PM

I want to be able to run two virtual machines. The first one being a Windows Vista Business machine and the second being Windows Server 2008. Will a laptop with the following specs be able to run both virtual machines together comfortably? Also, please let me know if you see any issues I might run into with these specs.

Inspiron 15
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)
8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card
Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Windows Vista™ Basic

#2 the_patriot11

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Posted 14 June 2009 - 07:51 PM

feasible, with vista being such a memory hog, running both of those simultaneously with your base OS in the background might stretch it, but I can see that system being able to do it. Not sure I would though, why do you want 3 different versions of windows running at the same time on one computer though just out of curiousity?

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