+1 to Chuck. I've been running QB on Windows in a VM for a while now, it's
convenient to just RDP. If you need a keyboard/mouse/etc for this person
Maybe a Chromebox or NUC? I'd suggest Chromebox for the speed, but NUC has
Windows for all the compatibility.
Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> I RDT into into the machining running a QB client all the time with a
> laptop. As a matter of fact, I use my laptop more than half the time with
> a docking booster so I can have a real monitor and keyboard.
> That screenshot was from my laptop logged into the headless system running
> the client talking to another server running the QB database.
>
> *From:* Lewis Bergman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 01, 2016 9:15 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT : Small computer to run QB enterprise with RDP
>
> To be clear, This is not the machine running the DB. That machine will be
> on the network. this is just a box to RDP into so my sales person can run
> QB Enterprise remotely. Bill, do you RDP into QB?
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:08 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We ran QB Enterprise on Windows 7 and Windows 10 (both 64 bit). 4GB RAM
>> is probably shy; would recommend 8 at least. The disk space is probably shy
>> too.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 11/1/2016 7:53 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
>>
>> This is a bright group so I wanted to see if this is something worth
>> doing or maybe worth avoiding. I really don't want to get Windows server
>> 2012 and try to figure out the while terminal services thing with
>> licensing. I was thinking it might just be easier since I only need one or
>> two people to remote in just to get some headless PC's and sit them in a
>> corner somewhere.
>>
>> Probably a bad idea but any thoughts?
>>
>> The specs from QB are:
>>
>> - Windows Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8.1 Update 1, or Windows 10(32-bit &
>> 64-bit)
>> - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, 2012 R2
>> - 2.4 GHz processor
>> - 4 GB of RAM
>> - 2.5 GB disk space recommended
>> - 1024x768 or higher screen resolution, extended monitor is supported
>> - 4x DVD-ROM drive
>>
>>
>>
