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Re: What to do with a RAM-heavy desktop?



 Without reading any more of this other than the subject line I'll say - 

try wmaker ;) 

Ruben 

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:17:32PM -0500, Kent Borg wrote: 
> Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> >You can get VMWare Workstation (pay), 
> >VMWare Server (free), VMWare Player (free).  I think that if you want 
> >to utilize 64-bits but need a 32-bit Windows XP, this is probably your 
> >best option. 
> >   
> Virtualization is very happy to gobble lots of memory.  And you have 
> lots of memory.  With 32GB you can feed your MS Windows as much RAM as 
> it can use, have *plenty* left over for other use.  Linux as the host OS 
> and MS Windows as a client sounds good, MS Windows will want to reboot 
> and crash on its schedule but the host can be solid. 
> 
> In choosing virtualizing software, look for what does best graphics.   
> Illustrator and Photoshop where the feedback is snappy is better. 
> 
> -kb, the Kent who sometimes answers old threads. 
> 
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