Suggested: 4 Gig of RAM is best, if you go with a notebook make sure
the ATOM chip will do hardware virtualization[1]. I mention a notebook
because long battery life and small size will be appreciated by your
daughter. and it is more likely to survive than a full size laptop.
don't worry about processor speed - anything over 1ghz is enough for
linux
[1]
http://ark.intel.com/products/family/29035
Happy New Year All!!
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Mark Phillips
<
mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> My daughter needs a "new" laptop for high school. It needs to run Debian or
> Ubunrtu and have enough horsepower to run Windows XP in VMware Player for
> iTunes. A refurbished machine is OK. I am mostly interested in what you
> would recommend as minimum hardware specs (processor 7 RAM) for this
> configuration. Also, if you have another suggestion for running Linux and
> iTunes, I am all ears! ;)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
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