new box

[isaac at isaacbythewood.com]

In gmane.linux.ubuntu.user, you wrote:

> All
> Just built a new machine...
> AMD quad-core X64 Phenom 2 on a GIGABYTE mobo with an NVIDIA XFX GTS 1GB
> DDR3 graphics card
> flying 16GB of Corsair 1600 DDR RAM.
> (originally a game box for my son but he bought an alien so it's mine)
>
> It seems most of the components will run with Ubuntu, but the dilemma is
> this -
> I want to run Ubuntu as a primary with Win as a virtualbox within it. I've
> had some scary slow performance problems in the past
> running mickysoft in virtual under Ubuntu.


I am currently running on a first gen Macbook Pro which isn't nearly as
good as the setup you have and I am running Ubuntu 9.04 w/ Windows 7 RC1
just fine in VirtualBox (version 2.2 from the VirtualBox repos). So I
say go for it. And gratz on the awesome machine!

Isaac Bythewood