Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:47:05 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox for FreeBSD in an Intel Atom processor Message-ID: <20100722174705.1388ffbd@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikm5DIuxRgoNrn8PSP--RyRjo8v88i3vIB3XsPO@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikm5DIuxRgoNrn8PSP--RyRjo8v88i3vIB3XsPO@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:24:52 +0200 Harald Servat <redcrash@gmail.com> wrote: > Another topic would be responsiveness, I know that Atom are not speedy, > but has anyone used it to virtualize another Linux (with or without X11) and > Windows (XP or 7)? > A friend has a netbook running FreeBSD. The older Atom CPU (single core @ 1.66GHz)is barely tolerable when it's running in native mode. You can forget about any sort of performance inside VirtualBox. Can't address the newer dual-core Atoms, but from I've read they're not suitable either. -- Gary Jennejohn
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