Recent content by sunshinetechnology

I believe matlab / mathcad type applications really depend on what tasks you are doing. Ie, if you are doing lots of image manipulation or calculating then RAM and Disk IO speed are important. If you're just calculating away and not storing much in your file, then CPU counts.

Make sure your mouse pointer is the default one and not the one using shadows or something weird. If that doesn't work, ensure that your hardware acceleration is set to "Full". Go to display properties, Select the Settings Tab, Select the Advanced Button, Select the Troubleshoot Tab. Slide...

Nah, I went with a core i7 build, I had to skimp on a couple other things, but no big deal. I won't be able to upgrade to Windows 7 for a little more time n stuff like that. Great changes, your new build is waaay better than the original.

ATI 5850 will smoke that card, and it's the same price. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=10011218 (as soon as they get more stock in)

Pointless to spec a system now if you're not building it until christmas. Everything will have changed by then. Examples: 6 core i7 Socket 1366 might be out. i7 socket 1156 might be out with the 9 series Nvidia GT300 might be out ATI 5870 might have dropped in price, or 5870x2...

What is your budget?

Your existing hardware should almost be good enough. It sounds to me like you have another issue that is keeping your VMs sluggish. You mentioned Vmtools only works locally. Can you explain that further? How are you "remoting" into the workstation? RDP? VNC? VMware client? I think the...