12 Core Mac Pro Virtual Machine vs Pentium D Native?

[MacintoshMaster]

Which would be faster?


1. Mac Pro 12 Core 2.93GHz 64GB Ram running Parallels
2. Dell Inspiron 2GHz Pentium D 2GB Ram running natively


Which would be faster running windows?

 

[AdrianK]

Mac Pro.

The VM might be limited in how many cores it can actually take advantage of (I think VMware Fusion tops out at 8) and the amount of RAM it can consume will probably by a lot less than 64GB. There could be a slight squeeze with the graphics performance, too.

 

[MacintoshMaster]

But would the mac pro be more unstable?

 

[416049]

But would the mac pro be more unstable?

No shouldn't be.

 

[Honbe]

Currently you can assign max. 8 GB RAM to the VM...

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To answer you question: definitely the MacPro

 

[Quad5Ny]

Is this a serious question? (Sorry but I just have to know)