Wine or VirtualBox ?

[cwillu]

> looking to run a few "Windows" Apps, which app (wine or virtualbox)
> would take less system resources to run...
>
> heard that vmware takes allot of system resources, so that would not be a
> option, hence running on a laptop with only a 1.0GB or Ram.

Which programs?

If they work well under wine, then imo wine is by far the better
option:  they'll act as somewhat normal applications, copy and paste
will work, access to your home directory without jumping through
hoops, they'll be normal windows, etc.