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I'm trying to setup a few CMS distributions on a linux box. And I have to do some serious development on it. But my main machine is running Win7 so I was thinking about virtualization.
But I do not want my main machine to be clogged with VM drivers and patches and whatnot.
So what's a good VM software considering that I care a lot about the host OS's general performance but not the VM's ?
NOTE: I'm caring for the host OS performance in the sense that if I am NOT running the VM, the host OS should still runs its full pre-VM-installation speed, VMware Workstation, for example, has a record of slowing down the host OS's startup time.
I don't care, however, about the performance of host/VM when the VM is running. I think my host OS is fast enough to handle them without a hinch. But I do care if installing VMware workstation will slow down my host OS boot up time (due to various VMware drivers).
Hope this clear things up.
oh, that clears things up better. Edited answer. – caliban – 2009-09-15T18:29:21.330