Thank you all for the replies. @continuum: I called it a laptop because that's what it actually is, but nowadays it's only used as a VM host. The laptop in question sits a corner of the baseme...
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Thank you all for the replies. @continuum: I called it a laptop because that's what it actually is, but nowadays it's only used as a VM host. The laptop in question sits a corner of the basement with the screen closed and runs nothing other than run Windows Server 2003 + VMware Workstation 24/7. Nobody ever physically touches it, and all administration is done through Remote Desktop or SSH to either the host or individual guests. Using vSphere Client would actually be more convenient, since starting VMs currently ties up one of the host's terminal services connections. @Troy Clavell: I didn't know there was a list of unofficially functional hardware, thanks @lowteck: Before I made this post, I installed ESXi to a USB drive on the laptop. There were no problems connecting using vSphere Client and creating a new VM, so I'm fairly certain that at least the basic functionality should work. @FranckRookie: Perhaps I'm misinterpreting this, but that kb article confused me even more. The Resolution section first says: The 3D acceleration feature is not supported in ESX/ESXi 4.x. There are currently no plans to support 3D acceleration in a virtual machine on ESX/ESXi. Which is fairly clear, but then the next line says: This option is available for virtual machines created in products that support 3D acceleration, such as VMware Workstation. Does this mean that 3D acceleration will continue to work on old VMs which were imported from VMware Workstation, but newly-created ESXi VMs won't have it, or what?