Anyone Use Virtualization?
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Posted at 12/24/2009 02:17PM Age: 27
Location:
Dubuque |
I just started using VMWare Workstation and I'm loving it. Got OpenVPN Access Server installed so I can access my home network from any computer outside my network, also just installed Windows 7 Enterprise. I definitely need a new computer though, because having all that run and Server 2008 isn't cutting it with 4GB DDR. |
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Posted at 12/25/2009 10:56AM Age: 19
Location:
Raleigh, NC |
I use VMWare player to screw around with Fedora every once in a while. I mean, I have Fedora 11 installed on my computer along with Vista, but I get too lazy to reboot sometimes. And 4GB DDR? How much did that cost, man? |
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Posted at 12/25/2009 08:34PM Age: 30
Location:
Minneapolis, MN |
I use VirtualBox on my Mac. Mainly what I'm doing is browser testing. Being able to drop into a native IE6 environment with ease is very useful for a web developer. Occiasionally, I also check out a different OS like Ubuntu or Chrome OS. |
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Posted at 12/26/2009 09:42AM Age: 27
Location:
Dubuque |
I had 2GB DDR installed like 4 years ago. That cost like $150-170. And after decided to upgrade to 64-bit, I looked around for my same RAM and it was $120 for 2GB. It is retarded DDR costs so much. You can get 4GB DDR3 for like $85. |
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Posted at 12/26/2009 04:30PM Age: 19
Location:
Raleigh, NC |
Yeah dude, that's ridiculous. I assume it's because they don't produce it as much as DDR2 and DDR3 now? |
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Posted at 12/27/2009 08:39AM Age: 27
Location:
Dubuque |
Yeah. I went looking for an upgrade for my Socket939 CPU. It's like $200 to upgrade the CPU from dual core 2.0Ghz to 2.4. |
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Posted at 12/27/2009 02:22PM Age: 19
Location:
Raleigh, NC |
Haha, yeah, I've got an old Athlon X2 sitting around that I can't find a motherboard for. Pretty sure it's a socket 939, too. That'd be a decent machine, too.
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Posted at 12/27/2009 02:53PM Age: 27
Location:
Dubuque |
Yeah my machine is adequate, AMD X2 3800+, 4GB DDR, 74GB Velicoraptor, 250GB SATAII, 2 640GB SATAII, 2 1TB SATA II, MSI 9600GT, Asus A8N-SLI Preimum mobo. |

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