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Answer» Hello Gents, I am planning to buy a laptop mainly for practice via virtualization technology, I would like an advice on which Laptop, Make or model is good for virtualization or better suited for VT (Virtualization Technology) and how much I am looking at in terms of expenses ($)? Looking for a powerful, stable and reliable machine that can run for LONG hours none stop. Thanks everyone. Please explain what you want to study Quote Visualization Technology The topic is too broad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization VT is not done on a laptop. Or maybe you have something specific in mind. IMHO, you better get a book rather than a computer. No, I don't mean you are a dummy. But I see you have a pointed head! Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 22, 2013, 01:11:38 PM VT is not done on a laptop. I use virtualization on my laptop all the time, mostly for testing SOFTWARE I write on other OSes. I could even run the Windows 8 Release Preview and Linux Mint at the same time, at decent speeds. As for the OP's original question, I'm going to assume that by virtualization you mean by way of virtual machines. Make sure the CPU is fairly recent and (recommended) supports hardware-assisted virtualization (like intel VT or AMD-V) for best performance. The big thing is memory: you'll need enough memory to run the host (primary) operating systems and virtual machines at the same time. Hard disk space you'll need as well but with the sizes of hard disks nowadays you shouldn't run into too many issues with that. My specs: CPU Intel Core i5-2410M 8GB RAM 500 GB HDD Personally I use VirtualBox, but there are many other tools and software available. What exactly do you plan to virtualize or use virtualization for anyway?I would like to run virtual machines on the laptop, create a small network with two servers and 2 or 3 workstations, I want to use a laptop because I can practice on the go while I am away from home working elsewhere, so a desktop wont do the TRICK, no wonder the need for a suitable laptop. I am planning to use VMWARE Workstation. Quote from: lino124 on February 22, 2013, 02:09:22 PM I would like to run virtual machines on the laptop, create a small network with two servers and 2 or 3 workstations, I want to use a laptop because I can practice on the go while I am away from home working elsewhere, so a desktop wont do the trick, no wonder the need for a suitable laptop. I am planning to use VMware Workstation. That will work, you just need to figure out the CPU/memory/disk space requirements of each virtual machine. I have an i5-2410M, 8 GB DDR3 laptop and can run multiple PC-BSD/FreeBSD SETUPS in VirtualBox with 512MB memory allocated to each. Stability isn't an issue; just make sure your laptop's BIOS supports VT-x (I had to flash my laptop's BIOS to the latest revision before I could enable it.) I imagine in your virtualization program you could simply add virtual network adapters that you can view in the Host OS and bridge to each other accordingly, like this http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html For learning purposes I think the open-source Virtualbox will be sufficient; it's free and is on par with VMWare Workstation 8.Guys thanks so much, I guess i got the advice i was looking for.

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Hello Gents,

I am planning to buy a laptop mainly for practice via virtualization technology, I would like an advice on which Laptop, Make or model is good for virtualization or better suited for VT (Virtualization Technology) and how much I am looking at in terms of expenses ($)?

Looking for a powerful, stable and reliable machine that can run for LONG hours none stop.

Thanks everyone.
Please explain what you want to study
Quote

Visualization Technology

The topic is too broad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization

VT is not done on a laptop. Or maybe you have something specific in mind.

IMHO, you better get a book rather than a computer.

No, I don't mean you are a dummy.
But I see you have a pointed head! Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 22, 2013, 01:11:38 PM

VT is not done on a laptop.

I use virtualization on my laptop all the time, mostly for testing SOFTWARE I write on other OSes. I could even run the Windows 8 Release Preview and Linux Mint at the same time, at decent speeds.

As for the OP's original question, I'm going to assume that by virtualization you mean by way of virtual machines.

Make sure the CPU is fairly recent and (recommended) supports hardware-assisted virtualization (like intel VT or AMD-V) for best performance. The big thing is memory: you'll need enough memory to run the host (primary) operating systems and virtual machines at the same time. Hard disk space you'll need as well but with the sizes of hard disks nowadays you shouldn't run into too many issues with that.

My specs:
CPU Intel Core i5-2410M
8GB RAM
500 GB HDD

Personally I use VirtualBox, but there are many other tools and software available. What exactly do you plan to virtualize or use virtualization for anyway?I would like to run virtual machines on the laptop, create a small network with two servers and 2 or 3 workstations, I want to use a laptop because I can practice on the go while I am away from home working elsewhere, so a desktop wont do the TRICK, no wonder the need for a suitable laptop.
I am planning to use VMWARE Workstation.
Quote from: lino124 on February 22, 2013, 02:09:22 PM

I would like to run virtual machines on the laptop, create a small network with two servers and 2 or 3 workstations, I want to use a laptop because I can practice on the go while I am away from home working elsewhere, so a desktop wont do the trick, no wonder the need for a suitable laptop.
I am planning to use VMware Workstation.

That will work, you just need to figure out the CPU/memory/disk space requirements of each virtual machine. I have an i5-2410M, 8 GB DDR3 laptop and can run multiple PC-BSD/FreeBSD SETUPS in VirtualBox with 512MB memory allocated to each. Stability isn't an issue; just make sure your laptop's BIOS supports VT-x (I had to flash my laptop's BIOS to the latest revision before I could enable it.) I imagine in your virtualization program you could simply add virtual network adapters that you can view in the Host OS and bridge to each other accordingly, like this http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html For learning purposes I think the open-source Virtualbox will be sufficient; it's free and is on par with VMWare Workstation 8.Guys thanks so much,

I guess i got the advice i was looking for.

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