(EDIT) : There seems to have been an update release of Vmware Workstation 6 that does not require the patch in the link below. Since this update to Vmware, my system performance is back to normal and working like a dream. Good to know that this was not an Ubuntu problem!
I've done a fresh install of Gutsy (over my then working Fiesty) and installed Vmware Workstation 6 according to this thread:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/...on-ubuntu-710/
I've noticed that performance within the vm has been greatly degraded and I can't explain why. I've increased the amount of RAM that my XP vm uses from 512M to 1024M and there's a slight improvement but still overall very sluggish within the vm.
I run the same XP Pro SP2 vm on 7.04(and earlier) with 512M RAM and it runs perfectly. I can't explain why this is happening but thought that I would bring this up in case someone might want to investigate this or have any insight. Again it's only within the vm.
The only setup/config differences between 7.04 and 7.10 is that I am using the binary nVidia driver but I've also reverted back to the opensource nv driver with the same results. The performance hit is only within the vm everything else is peachy,
My hardware hasn't changed and using the following:
Dell Precision M70 Centrino with 2G RAM
nVidia NV41 (Quadra FX Go1400 with Xinerama)
80G hd
External Dell 1907FP monitor
Software wise, other than the default installation of Ubuntu I'm using Crossover Linux 6.2, Vmware WS 6 and restricted audio codecs to play mp3/aac files with Rythmbox.
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