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From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Laptop and VM software
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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:34:04 -0400
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On Thu Jul 17 14:16:28 EDT 2003, vdharani@infernopark.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am planning to buy a laptop. I want to install Win, Linux and Plan 9.
>
> Can you please suggest what VM software I should go for? VMware or Virtual
> PC?
>
> Also, can you suggest what model I should go for? IBM T23? Or better Txx
> model? Or someother brand/model?
>
> I kind-of figured from the mailing list and Wiki pages that T23 and VMware
> 4.0 are the ones I should go for but I just want to make sure.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> dharani

Even the T23 is not uniform. We have ones with the internal Intel 82557 ethernet
controller, the T23 is also available with an internal 3Com controller and, if I
remember correctly, there was a problem with that.

VMware is the only choice. Virtual PC doesn't implement the PC it says it does and
Plan 9 finds that out.