VirtualBox for FreeBSD in an Intel Atom processor

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:24:52 +0200
Harald Servat <redcrash at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Another topic would be responsiveness, I know that Atom are not speedy,
> but has anyone used it to virtualize another Linux (with or without X11) and
> Windows (XP or 7)?
> 

A friend has a netbook running FreeBSD.

The older Atom CPU (single core @ 1.66GHz)is barely tolerable when it's
running in native mode.  You can forget about any sort of performance
inside VirtualBox.

Can't address the newer dual-core Atoms, but from I've read they're
not suitable either.

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Gary Jennejohn