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  • @ender said:

    According to this document, VMWare still uses segmentation to virtualize 64 bit guests on AMD's CPUs (also, according to VirtualBox website, the virtualization extensions in CPUs are slow).

    That's odd, I didn't know that AMD had added segments back into long mode.  It's unbelievable, but x64 is even messier than I thought.  Also, the virtualization extensions are slow if you use them for everything, but quite useful if used properly and faster than VMWare's dynamic recompilation.

     

    @ender said:

    Intel's low end CPUs (E4xxx etc.) don't support virtualization extensions, and I'm not sure if AMD's Semprons do it either.

    Yeah, but if you're running a low-end budget chip, you have no business running 64-bit virtual machines.  Useful information the AMD64 long mode segments, though, thanks.



  • @morbiuswilters said:

    @AbbydonKrafts said:

    @Spectre said:
    But what if it's blinking, scrolling and has excessive exclamation marks?

    That might work because then it's almost like a graphic. I think a glitter graphic would be most effective, though.

     



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