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    Virtualization Technology: What does it do?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by firstwave, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. firstwave

    firstwave Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, I am looking at the Vostro 1400, and I am not sure if it's worth $200 to upgrade from T5470 to T7300.

    The one thing that the better processor has is VT, but I am not sure if I am going to even use it. The intel site says something about running multiple OS simutaneously or something.

    Anyway, I will be dual-booting Windows with a Linux Distros (not sure which one yet, probably fedora). Will I need VT?

    Thanks
     
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    VT would let you use, say, Xen in Fedora to run Windows.

    I haven't done it, but I suspect you would have to have a separate Windows install from the partition you dual boot with, or it would confuse itself seeing a different view of hardware each time.

    I guess it depends on how you use Windows. If you just use it for an occasional office-type application, and otherwise do everything in Linux, running it as a Xen guest would be good.

    If you use it for games, I don't think they work well in Xen.

    If you are constantly on the go, and put it in suspend all the time to open it up somewhere else a few minutes later, you'll probably be frustrated with Linux and want to run native Windows (as much as I hate to say that).

    For example, I dual boot, and the only thing I use Windows for is MS Streets & Trips. Although I would prefer to just run it inside Linux, that's not as practical when you're on the go and need to hibernate it a lot.
     
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