Will VirtualBox/VMware work on my laptop?

Question

Will VirtualBox or VMware player work on my notebook.
HP 530
1.75Ghz ( Intel Celeron 530)
1 GB of ram

Another Info:
I want to get Google Chrome OS on a virtual machine but Microsoft Virtual PC don't work so good

Answer 1

Yes, virtual box is good one. Consider QEMU





Edit. Instead of installing download and "mount" a prepared image. http://virtualboxes.org/images/

http://www.oszoo.org/wiki/index.php/Category:OS_images

Answer 2

in my opinion i could merely bypass with paying for a working laptop or laptop. Getting roped right into a 2 three hundred and sixty 5 days settlement for in spite of the fact that lots funds a month would not particularly charm to me. in case you is merely not doing lots with it previous making use of the internet and different casual initiatives, you ought to easily %. up a computer for $3 hundred-4 hundred that would nonetheless be fairly respectable. That way in case you ever desire an improve or to do something else with it down the line, you have flexibility. i could by no potential advise getting a working laptop or laptop on lease, yet i'm probably biased because of the indisputable fact that i'm continuously upgrading areas, and characteristic thoroughly replaced each and every thing in my device over the path of the final three hundred and sixty 5 days. yet particularly, do you desire to nonetheless be figuring out to purchase a computer that should o.k. be overpriced for the subsequent 2 years once you ought to get a computer that met your precise desires and funds after which be finished with it with out spending lots? while you at the instant are not doing any photograph enhancing/gaming/action picture making/rendering, then you particularly particularly do not could spend lots on a computer. some hundred greenbacks will do the interest and nonetheless get you an excellent device.

Answer 3

Yes, it will work, but not very fast as you do not have a lot of RAM. Microsoft Virtual PC works just as good as VirtualBox or VMware Workstation though.

Answer 4

You can get for free VirtualBox here http://j.mp/Whv3Ke



It is the best solution if you need to run different operative system on your computer.