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Re: Finally: Hebrew under VMware!



From: Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il>
> I recommended to prefer Win2000 as a VMware guest over Win98, not
> because of Hebrew issues, but because of the following reasons:
> 
> 1. According to various reports in mailing lists and newsgroups of
>    VMware, NT runs much better and faster under VMware than Win98
>    and 95. Win2000 is the latest and the best version of NT.
> 2. Win2000 is stabler than any other MS OS, even in its beta 3.
> 3. The main advantage of Win98/95 over NT is the better support
>    for more hardware devices, plug&play, etc. Since VMware
>    emulates a closed and specific hardware, which is fully
>    supported by both Win95/98 AND NT (now including Win2000), this
>    reason is not relevant anymore.
> 4. As Linux users, some of us aren't used to the instability of
>    Win9X, so NT may be more familiar for us.
> 
> Of course, if your disk is too small for Linux+Win2000, than these
> points are not relevant for you. In addition, don't forget that
> Win2000 requires a little more RAM than Win95/98. But once you
> have enough memory, Win2000 will outperform Win9X.

I have enough space on my disk for both Linux, Windows (hopefully)
and Solaris x86 (proper to a Sun employee, though Linux is used most
of the time).  Each OS is given 2Gb.  I also have 128Mb RAM.
I just wander whether:

1. Win2000 will fit in 2Gb as a stand-alone partition and still
   have space for the MS C++ workshop and such.

2. Win2000 will support the particular Toshiba hardware (my laptop
   came with extra toshiba-specific software to handle it).

3. It will work well with 128Mb RAM.

The CPU is 366 Pentium II, more than enough as far as I heard
and seen so far.

You are right that VMware comes with a closed set of "hardware
environment", but I'll have to be able to boot Windows without VMware
as well.

Thanks,

--Amos

--Amos Shapira                  | "Of course Australia was marked for
                                |  glory, for its people had been chosen
amos@gezernet.co.il             |  by the finest judges in England."
                                |                         -- Anonymous

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