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    1720 supports VMWare in 64 bit?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kalm, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. kalm

    kalm Notebook Consultant

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    can anyone with a 1720 use this utility http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/drivers_tools.html (see Processor Check for 64-Bit Compatibility) and tell me if it passes? I'd like to be able to use both 64 bit linux and windows at the same time on this notebook.
     
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    Nobody has to use the utility to determine that. VMWare supports 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host if the CPU supports 64-bit. I ran 64-bit linux in vmware and it works. Only thing is you have to enable VT in BIOS, its disabled by default.
     
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    thanks for the info. vmware had a comment which said some notebooks didn't have the bios which could enable vt which is what i should've asked i guess.
     
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