Selecting new MBP 13" Vs 15" for VMs

Hi Experts,
Before i begin, i just want to say, I understand that you guys get these type of questions quite frequently but i felt my usage is little different from others ( Not much of Gamings, No Video Editing , No Photoshop etc.,) so , starting this new thread to get your suggestions on my new MBP selection.Am new here,pl. feel free to correct me if am wrong anywhere. TIA & highly appreciate your help.
Am a power user of Linux/Windows but planning to try out the new MBP. I have dilema in selecting the MBP 13" vs 15" models. Here is my usage list to give an idea.
1. Would be running Windows/Linux VMs through parallels or VMware Fusion all the times for the following reasons
a. Some of my softwares i use for work needs IE 7/8 (Am not sure there is a way to overcome this without running VMs - any suggestions would help)
b. I have few windows mobiles and other gadgets which i feel would have compatibility issues in MAC
c. Some of other softwares which i use does not have MAC versions yet.
2. Would be using extensively for Presentations, word processing , excels and web surfing (atleast two browsers with 20-30 tabs)
3. Would listen/watch music/movies extensively (Might consider having a external Blu-ray writer later). Will connect to external TV (probably 40") while working @ home.
4. Would use it for gaming - just to relax, might not use it for high end gamings.
5. Would NOT use photoshop or other image editing softwares apart from once in a while usage of Gimp for some basic img editing.
6. Would NOT use Video editing sw but use sw like handbrake for Video conversion / ripping quite a bit (Probably once or twice a week )
7. I would be traveling a lot , so portability is a key factor but considering other power factors i can compromise on this.
8. Budget for 13" or 15" should be fine with me considering i would not be replacing this box for atleast 2-3yrs.
Here is my concerns as well.
13" - I feel itz good for portability but not sure if it can withstand running the VMs all the times along with MAC OS X.Also, This does not come with 7200 RPM HDD.
15" - I feel the power is good but my primary concern is because of the heating , freeze, external monitor issues which am reading on different forums. Am not sure this is the same case with 13" but havent seen many. - Pl. correct me if am wrong on these assumptions.
Pl. throw in your suggestion to select my new MBP.
Thanks & Regards,
The Lost Geek

Any time you're looking at running virtual machines regularly, more cores are better. You can dedicate more to the VM so you get better performance there while still maintaining decent performance with OS X. Something like XP is pretty light on resources and will run in a VM with relatively light resources dedicated to it. Most modern, primary linux distros (Ubuntu, Suse, etc) need a little more in the resource department, but there are plenty of flavors built off of the primary distros that are lighter. Now that the 13" supports hyperthreading, it is capable of handling a light VM relatively well without much of an impact on the host OS. However, if you plan on, as you have indicated, always running a VM, the 15" will be able to delegate more resources with less of an impact on the overall system's performance. This should help to keep heat down.
So far as gaming... even light gaming... the 13" is pretty limited, although not entirely incapable. The ability to have a dedicated GPU (as with the 15") can make a world of difference. The dedicated GPU in the 15" can handle most modern games (some with settings set a little lower than others).
If you plan to have 3D acceleration enabled in your virtual machines, the dedicated GPU of the 15" will give you a bit more power to work with... again, keeping the temps a bit lower than an integrated GPU which would have to work fairly hard to deal with the limited 3D support in the VM as well as the host OS.
Of course the higher resolution is a benefit as well on the 15". Especially if you want to be able to view a VM in a window (vs. full screen). The resolution of the 13" makes working with a VM in a window difficult.
There really is no question regarding which will perform better. It's really a matter of how important size/weight is to you and what you are will to give up in order to have a smaller machine.

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