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Which laptop is best for VMware test lab posted: Nov 5, 2009 11:09 PM

Click to view itsyouth's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Mar 12, 2009

Hi All, beeing a new bee for VMware; i'm confused on which laptop to go for VMware 4 test lab on my laptop.

I don't know which processor is the best Quad core of i7, please have a look at the below confiuration and advice me can i go a head for the same.

My requirement is:

Running 2 ESX 4.0 with atleast 8 VM's and testing max feautures..

Intel Core i7-720QM Mobile Processor (1.6GHz, turbo up to 2.8GHz, 6MB L3 Cache), Genuine Windows 7, 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM, 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive, 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Re: Which laptop is best for VMware test lab

1. Nov 5, 2009 11:13 PM in response to: itsyouth
Click to view Anton V Zhbankov's profile Champion 2,871 posts since
May 26, 2008
4GB is required for 2 ESX server only, 2GB for vCenter, some memory for host OS and count memory for VMs...
8GB at least is required, 12-16 recommended.

Laptop also MUST have VT enabled.

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