On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:41:56 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> That's what VMware is for. ;-)
>>
>> You're learning.  I remember not too long ago when you thought what
>> VMware did was impossible so not worth even trying out. ;)  And yes,
>> VMware does make an excellent lab environment.
> 
> I still find it surprising that VMware manages to run software at nearly
> native speed. Other emulators I've seen are way, way slower...

VMware doesn't emulate, that's a big difference.  The code runs natively 
in many/most cases.

> It still amuses me that I can run Linux under QEMU, and it's *still*
> fast enough to run DOOM with software rendering. ;-)

Computers are pretty speedy these days.

Jim

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