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Intel U processor performance for virtualization ??
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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 965939" data-attributes="member: 37647"><p>I assume that you will order the laptop with those additions already installed? Many laptops do not allow you to add RAM manually.</p><p></p><p>The number of cores you need depends on the number of VMs you will run simultaneously, and how many cores you will assign to them. Some OSes will run fine on one core. Windows 10 running in a VM needs two cores. If you are running CPU-intensive, multi-core applications within the VM, you might need to assign additional cores to that VM.</p><p></p><p>VirtualBox's rule of thumb is that you need 1 core more than the number of VMs. In other words, you reserve 1 core exclusively for the host, and assign 1 core to each VM. (The VM will not totally hog its core, it will share it with the host.) This rule is subject to the caveats I mentioned in the previous paragraph. </p><p></p><p>As for RAM: Windows 10 in a VM can run on 2 GB RAM, but you can't do very much on it. 4 GB RAM is good in my experience, and I can do what I need to do with just 3. Other OSes need less RAM. </p><p></p><p>I am mostly a VirtualBox user, but I think the same is true for VMware.</p><p></p><p>Last point: the performance of the VM can be influenced by the OS of the host machine. I was happier running my VMs on a Linux host than I was running them on a Windows host. However, if you use a Linux host, don't store the VM on a NTFS partition. This limitation might not apply with Linux kernel 5.15 and up because they are touting better support for NTFS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 965939, member: 37647"] I assume that you will order the laptop with those additions already installed? Many laptops do not allow you to add RAM manually. The number of cores you need depends on the number of VMs you will run simultaneously, and how many cores you will assign to them. Some OSes will run fine on one core. Windows 10 running in a VM needs two cores. If you are running CPU-intensive, multi-core applications within the VM, you might need to assign additional cores to that VM. VirtualBox's rule of thumb is that you need 1 core more than the number of VMs. In other words, you reserve 1 core exclusively for the host, and assign 1 core to each VM. (The VM will not totally hog its core, it will share it with the host.) This rule is subject to the caveats I mentioned in the previous paragraph. As for RAM: Windows 10 in a VM can run on 2 GB RAM, but you can't do very much on it. 4 GB RAM is good in my experience, and I can do what I need to do with just 3. Other OSes need less RAM. I am mostly a VirtualBox user, but I think the same is true for VMware. Last point: the performance of the VM can be influenced by the OS of the host machine. I was happier running my VMs on a Linux host than I was running them on a Windows host. However, if you use a Linux host, don't store the VM on a NTFS partition. This limitation might not apply with Linux kernel 5.15 and up because they are touting better support for NTFS. [/QUOTE]
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