thats why i have a separate gaming system : ) On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yeah, but playing games on windows vm is usually a no go. > > that said, it's a hella lot easier to take a snapshot and restore than > restore a ghost image. > > > On Apr 23, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Scott Stewart wrote: > >> >> <shrug> >> I'm lazy I'd rather use a VM, then reformat and reimage a drive >> everytime I wanted to switch operating systems >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Eric Roberts >> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>> For all intents and purposes for what he is saying to use if for, there is >>> no difference. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:webmas...@sstwebworks.com] >>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:35 AM >>> To: cf-community >>> Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development >>> >>> >>> Ghost reimages the machine, and requires wiping the machine's drive >>> and starting over. >>> VMs are virtual machines, and you can run multiple VM's at the same >>> time, provided that you have the harware resources, and no drive >>> wipes. >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Eric Roberts >>> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> You can do the same thing with something like Norton Ghost... >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:06 AM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: transitioning to linux for development >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Matthew P. Smith <m...@smithwebdesign.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> So I've pretty much had it with windows. I was all excited with 7, and >>> it >>>>> worked great for a couple of months, but now my systems has slowed way >>>> down >>>>> and I can't figure out what is going on. At this point it looks like I >>>> will >>>>> have to reinstall, and frankly, I don't really have the time for it. >>>> >>>> Welcome to the club. I feel a little dirty saying this (since Apple >>>> gave Adobe a Steaming Hot Carl a couple of weeks ago) but Apple just >>>> updated it's MacBook Pro product line and I received mine Wednesday. >>>> Oh, I will still run Windows, but only in a tidy little VM on my MBP. >>>> >>>> Which brings me to my next topic - you may look into running VMs of >>>> Linux / Windows / whatever rather than installing as a dual boot. >>>> With a VM you can save the VM image and restore it later if you'd >>>> like, which is a huge shortcut over reinstalling everything from >>>> scratch each time you feel like Windows is being Windows. >>>> >>>> -Cameron >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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