on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 12:37:00PM -0800, Vineet Kumar (vineet@doorstop.net) wrote:
> * Kent West (westk@acu.edu) [031222 07:58]:
> > Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > >on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:05:30AM -0600, Kent West (westk@acu.edu) wrote:
> > >>Bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/), but last time I checked (about a
> > >>year ago), it wasn't anywhere near as mature as VMWare (which works
> > >>great by the way, just a little sluggishly).
> > >
> > >Which are you saying is sluggish? VMWare or bochs?
> > >
> > >For VMWare, that's a fair statement. For bochs, it's grossly
> > >overstating performance, which tends to be somewhere between glacial and
> > >tectonic.
> > >
> > I intended the "sluggishly" to be applicable to VMWare, but now that you
> > mention it, I do recall bochs being horribly slow; I just assumed it was
> > because it didn't like my system.
>
> It's unfair to compare the two; they are vastly different projects.
It's reasonable to set expectations of performance. The naive user
won't be aware of finer distinctions between the projects.
Plex86 helps even up the score somewhat, but not to any semblance of
parity.
Peace.
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