My MBP is the 13" dual core with 8GB and 256 SSD, runs Linux VM's fine and can push most apps without problem.
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I have a Retina 3.4 i7 iMac, 1Tb SSD, 32gb ram, tried to build a Solaris Cluster, shared storage on another VM, made the machine unusable, so don't think SSD's are the be all, same set up is flying on a what, 6 year old T5220 in the shed/data centre....Originally posted by BlueSharp View PostMy MBP is the 13" dual core with 8GB and 256 SSD, runs Linux VM's fine and can push most apps without problem.
That's SPARC over x86 probably tho, the main reason Linux on X86 is utter pants.....Comment
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