On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto: > tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]*On Behalf Of *Patrick "Finn" Robins > *Sent:* Sunday, October 17, 2010 12:10 PM > *To:* TCLUG Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [tclug-list] mint? virtualbox? > > > > I run a dell laptop with 2.6ghz CPU and 625 ram and I will say that the > Ubuntu/KUbuntu new releases are really heavy on it. 9.04 was the last > release that didn't bog. Running XP in Virtualbox OSE is heavy and will keep > your CPU maxed much of the time. With Vista as the other OS I don't feel > that this system is up to the task. > > I think you need at least 1 GB RAM and maybe 2 GB. My Dell laptops with 1 > and 2 GB don't bog, but I may not drag them through the same swamps :-) > They did seem to bog with only 512MB. > > > Chuck > > It is definitely a RAM issue. If I had 1G or more I think it would run much better. I overwork this old Dell frequently, it fights with any large compile. > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101018/04f2ca77/attachment.htm