Originally Posted by Ian
Originally Posted by John Kotches
Being able to run virtual machines off of an SSD is of value for me. Not just boot times, but all drive based operations.

But being able to spin them up and down rapidly is very nice too!
My MacBook boots my VirtualBox Windows XP install in just over 20 seconds to login screen and finished logging in by total 30 seconds. No SSD involved.

XP boots faster than Vista or 7. This is a Win7 virtual machine.

I haven't bothered to time mine yet, and they have to come down another 25% before I'll buy.


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