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Virtual PC 2007 Question

Hi,

I have created 3 Virtual PC systems under vista.
Windows XP Pro
Windows 2000
Ubuntu Version 8.04

I have assigned 1GB Ram to Each as I have 4GB's onboard, my question is this, and it should be simple, does Virtual PC keep that Memory reserved while I am not running this alternative operating systems or not?

THanks

Comments

  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    not ..............
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    if you are going to run ubuntu, use VMware server as i couldnt get VPC to work with it properly.
  • wolfman
    wolfman Posts: 3,225 Forumite
    I prefer VirtualBox over VMWare. From the benchmarks I've read it runs faster in terms of hard drive I/O and memory I/O. Nice and easy to install to (well in Linux it is).
    "Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha."
  • TonyLisaP
    TonyLisaP Posts: 505 Forumite
    gaming_guy wrote: »
    if you are going to run ubuntu, use VMware server as i couldnt get VPC to work with it properly.

    I cannot get version 7 to work or 8 but 6.06 works perfectly well.
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