I spent the extra money on the processors when I purchased the system. I expect it to be able to run everything I throw at it for at least another 2-1/2 years without issue. Keep this in mind, the PWS490 I'm using is about 2-1/2 years old by now. Even if you don't have that much RAM at purchase, and the initial drive is smaller (both are easy, and cheap, items you can upgrade later). When that time comes, spend the extra funds on things like processor power, dedicated GPU, and a system that can at least to up to 8GB of RAM. If you're already at the max for memory, or you cap out at 2GB, then I'd seriously wait until you do get something new. If not, then crank up the memory to the max as well as go with a larger hard drive. Since you're obviously not having much luck in running the VM's, I'd suggest shifting to a more robust system if at all possible. Oh, and 3GB of system memory is a realistic minimum. You really need at least a Core Duo at 2.2GHz if you want any real succcess. While I know not everyone can have high powered systems, you should at least match some of the critical items on the System Requirements listing. When I was running a laptop for work it was a M4400 with the Core 2 Quad processor at 2.53GHz and 8GB of memory (as referenced above). Of course, the host OS is 64 bit (Windows7 now).

Normally, I run VMware Workstation on a Dell Workstation tower (PWS 490) with dual dual core Xeon'x at 3GHz per core, dedicated video (nVidia GeForce 8800GTX with 768MB of RAM on it), and 16GB of system memory. I'm debating installing more memory to that system, but only if I actually use the Fusion product more on it (or at all). For the Mac laptop, since it only has 2GB of RAM in that, but a Core 2 Duo (2.26GHz) I run just one VM at a time and then only briefly. Even then, I wouldn't run more than a couple of VM's at one time. The Windows laptop had dedicated video memory, 8GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive. I've been sucessful running VMware products (Workstation and Fusion) on laptops that have at least Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processors inside them. Oh, and a 40GB hard drive? How OLD is this system? Seriously. Translation: you have far less than 1GB of RAMĪctually available even to the OS.

With integrated, you're robbing memory from the Graphics chip is actually inside that laptop and make sure the driversĪre the absolute latest. If it was a standard Intel class processor, such as a CoreĢ Duo, then you'd have a much better chance of success. Requirements, it doesn't meet the minimum recommended amount for system Laptop (celeron processors are not known for being of any real power)Įspecially with only 1GB of RAM in it. Seriously, I wouldn't even try it on that kind of I'm actually surprised you're trying to run VMware Workstation on a

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