>I started an F8 guest OS in vmware running on a vista laptop. It took >forever to do anything on either. If I were to load-up F8 on the laptop and >virtualize XP, I suspect things would run much better. I could go wired, >but really prefer wireless. vamythguy, Just a few guesses, you have a multi core system such as a dual core chip with two gigs of ram or less? There can be all kinds of problems with multi core chips. The biggest problem seems to be the chip timing. Since the latest F8 kernels are running with a clock speed of 1000Hz, running F8 as a client can result in timing issues. There are lots of articles on the VMware web site about this issue. There are too many possible solutions to list here. There will be two files that you will likely modify - the config.ini in the VMware directory, and the .vmx file of the virtual machine that you want to run. Here is a sample link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1420&sliceId=2&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=42843729&stateId=0%200%2042845044 With the wireless question - Once you get the virtual machine guest working correctly, using wireless through the host should not be a problem. You can configure a second network card when configuring VMware, and the wireless card can be added at that time. Hope this helps
