Good enough to run a virtual machine?

[ron.alan]

Is this computer powerful enough to run a virtual machine (Win 10) well?

Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 990 v: 01
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 15 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0D6H9T v: A03 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: BIOS vendor: Dell v: A23
date: 02/11/2018
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-2500 bits: 64 type: MCP
smt: <unsupported> arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2069 min/max: 1600/3301 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2069
2: 2069 3: 2069 4: 2069 bogomips: 26339
Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 ports: active: VGA-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.org compositor: marco v: 1.26.2 driver: dri: crocus
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: 100002487 serial: <filter> res: N/A dpi: 94
size: 476x267mm (18.74x10.51") diag: 611mm (24") modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
device-ID: 8086:0102
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: cpu
driver: mesa llvmpipe device-ID: 10005:0000
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo,
xprop, xrandr

 

[KGIII]

As for "well", probably not. As for "well enough for non-intensive tasks", that depends on your RAM.

If you can throw a couple of CPU cores at it, along with 4 GB (or more) of RAM, you will likely end up with something usable. It won't be fast, but it might be acceptable for whatever task(s) you're needing to do.

 

[ron.alan]

@KGIII Thanks for your response. That's what I suspected.

 

[KGIII]

@KGIII Thanks for your response. That's what I suspected.

Not too long ago, I decided to spin up a Windows 11 VM. I used VirtualBox. The system I used isn't a powerful one, but rather an old, cheap, refurbished one. I gave it just 2 GB of RAM and 2 CPUs. It ran well enough for what I needed. (I'm not in there gaming or anything like that.)

While we don't condone piracy, it was amazingly easy to turn into an activated copy of Win11 Pro. That and my phone are the only reasons I bothered. I was curious about the state of piracy and wondering if my phone would update as the software for the phone isn't meant for Linux and will not work properly in WiNE.

 

[bob466]

My old Laptop has only 4GB of Ram and Integrated Graphic..so not good for a VM.

My Tower has 16GB of Ram and a 2GB Graphic Card.