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Subject: Re: Microsoft Virtual PC platform for Computer Chess

Author: Francesco Di Tolla

Date: 02:40:34 05/09/05

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>Each virtual machine still runs on one computer and still uses the same
>resources. In terms of performance, it will be actually slower since now there
>is one more extra software in memory taking up cycles and resources - Virtual
>PC. It is therefore, less useful than simply multitasking (for chess at least).
>
>If you think about it, the 'virtual machine' is another kind of multitasking.
>
>Pallav

I have used it and it is not heavy on the CPU, if you have memory enough it is
not an issue.

On the other side it could allow for a better "isolation" of the processes. One
has to test.



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