VirtualBox guests very slow

[Ankh Warrior]

Hey everyone, i use VirtualBox on my laptop with 4 GB RAM,Celeron N2820 2.13 GHz,Windows 8.1 Pro x64,500GB HDD. I allocate for Windows 7 1768 MB RAM and even with GA installed is very slow Everytime i open explorer it gives me lag,but on Workstation performance is way faster,and vmware is not free. So Brian and others,how can i fix that problem ? Thanks in advance

[Britec]

You are allocating 1768 MB RAM, that's nearly half your ram, also you have Celeron processor. That could be your problem, your asking a lot with that setup.

• Celeron N2820 2.13 GHz
• 4 GB RAM
  
  

[Compton]

if you want to run virtual-box think about updating your memory and cpu

[Ankh Warrior]

I used same setup on Vmware Workstation and performance is great,but with VirtualBox is pretty slow. I chose to be vmdk for Windows 7 but lag still persists. I use a laptop and i don't have money for parts,so i guess i will stop using VBox..

[Compton]

ok laptop are under power when you get some money a desktop would be better for virtualization

laptops are not really upgrade able only the memory and the hard drive is

[Ankh Warrior]

Thanks, this is so much helpful for me

[Compton]

anytime you are ready to buy just tell us we will help you pick a destop

[GuiltySpark]

You should still be able to run Win8.1 on 4GB Ram as long as your system will support PAE ( Physical Address Extension ). Check in the BIOS to see if it's enabled.

[Compton]

just make your laptop is not too getting too hot

when doing virtualization you should monitor your temperature with  speccy

[Britec]

Also don't forget to enable PAE ( Physical Address Extension ) in virtualbox