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VMWARE Workstation - information question

Hello guys. I downloaded VMWARE Workstation on my laptop. The specs of my laptop are as follows: Intel core2 duo t7500 2.20 ghz. two gigs ram. 186 GB HD with 173 GB free. What I would like to do, with your recommendations or disapprovals, is create or download two virtual machines. The first would be a windows vista virtual machine and the second would be either server 2003 or server 2008 (experimental I guess). My question is can my laptop handle this scenario. Again, I'm just beginning with VMWARE and I just want to get a feel for it and learn it but I also want access to these Operating systems becasue I have to support them. I figured I would start with vmworkstation per the recommendations of people on this site and then maybe test vmware server if you think that would be a good idea. Thanks as always for the information.

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pendal1

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Guys, I still haven't setup my virtual machines yet. I've just been nuts lately and as I'm sure you're aware, I have other responsibilities when I get home besides the testing. You guys seem very strong with VM but It's a little intimidating for me yet. You guys have labs and clusters which is over my head right now. However, this is obviously important which is why I'm just going to start with workstation and then go from there. I'll keep you posted.

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Thank you for the help and valuable information.