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cDc
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 Posted - 2004-06-26 : 08:31:53
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| Does anyone else use this for development? I have found this to be very useful tool for development work. I have a windows 2003 server VPC on my windows XP desktop and I do all my development within it using SQL server, Visual Studio etc I love that I dont have to slow up my windows XP install with tonnes of development software that slows my pc down no end and i love being able to transfer the entire virtual pc image over to my laptop and have the exact same environment. I also installed umpteen web browsers & emulators and have installed all the older operating systems for when one of my colleagues has a problem on a win98 machine that i just cannot mirror on my XP machine. I have found it to be extremely stable aswell - although one downside is that it is perhaps not quite as "snappy" as a true operating system due to the virtual disk overheads but perfectly useable. Im not the world greatest microsoft fan and they aquired the source from connectix (i think?) - but thumbs up! |
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mohdowais
Sheikh of Yak Knowledge
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Posted - 2004-06-27 : 01:11:27
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Me too!! I use Virtual PC to test for browser compatibility on multiple platforms and browsers. But I just hate the fact that disk access is so slow even with oodles of RAM! But it is a fantastic product nevertheless, and a real bargain too. Too bad it can't emulate a Mac  Have you seen VMWare?OS |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2004-06-27 : 01:59:17
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| I use it for beta stuff.Yukon and .net stuff is all under it.Also saves a lot of space because the folder it uses grows as necessary - better than reserving a partition.Had a problem with it though. I have an install folder which I stick all the install things in. Shared it with a virtual pc. Installed loads and it was OK. Then I stuffed loads more stuff into the folder and virtual pc gets an error. Don't know if it's because the size changed and I need to unshare and share again or if it's because there is a limit on the size of the shared folder.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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Kristen
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Microsoft Virtual PC