Re: [Sbcl-help] sbcl on vmware

[Martin C. <cra...@co...>]

Mirko Vukovic wrote on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:02:49PM -0400: 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a new laptop, and I am weighing the pros and cons of a dual
> boot vs linux inside vmware.
> 
> Do people have any bad experiences running sbcl inside vmware & linux?

It'll work fine of course.

Depending on how much hardware support for virtualization you have the
performance can be close, < 10% difference on i7s.  It can be up to
30% slower if you have nothing and run VMware workstation.

Martin
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