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I want to setup a virtual machine running Windows 7, for compilation and development of a native C++ application using Visual Studio. I have 8 GB RAM on the host with an Intel T9600 Dual-Core CPU, running Ubuntu Natty x64. I wish I had a more recent i7, but I don't -- so I need to get the best out of my hardware.
The main bottleneck is the compilation of my C++ application. I am switching from a real Windows 7 installation, the compilation just got slower by about an order of magnitude.
1) Would it improve the compilation times if I used a 64-bit Windows as guest -- at the obvious expense of increased RAM usage? Can anyone point me to a performance evaluation?
2) Are there any settings in the guest that can affect CPU performance?
3) What is faster -- local disk I/O in the guest or networked to the host via Samba?
These three questions are related, but don't answer my question.
Try using VMWare player, workstation. I noticed that they are much faster than VirtualBox. Again: This is just my personal experience. – Apache – 2011-09-28T22:28:54.967
Thanks for sharing. Does this refer specifically to a Ubuntu host? – krlmlr – 2011-09-28T23:06:19.997
No, it's just faster generally. I mean... Windows host, Linux host, Windows guest, Linux guest. I've tried almost every possible combination (both with VMWare and Virtualbox). VMWare outperforms VirtualBox all the time. Of course, native tests may come close to each others, but it feels much snappier, faster. Lighter on my PC. – Apache – 2011-09-29T22:19:41.670