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Originally Posted by azasadny
Whenever I've tried virtualization, I was disappointed by the lack of speed, poor performance and compatibility issues. I'm sure the technology will "get there" soon, though...
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If you have a modern multi-core machine with decent memory then performance should not be an issue at all...especially for diagram apps like Visio. My i7 Macbook (2 cores + 2 virtual cores) and 4GB RAM runs my Win7 VM really well - WinXP VMs are really fast. I plan to upgrade to 8GB of RAM and will be able to run 2 VMs at the same time when needed.
One of the professional hats I wear involves supporting locked down WinXP client workstations configured with many integrated applications (some of which I provide). In the past that required me to maintain multiple PC boxes for each install version (5 of them) to debug and test with. Now they all live as VMs on my MacBook. I cannot stress how happy I am with this setup.
Good luck.