Also is really dependent on the CPU. You'd probably want at least a dual core to run it with a decent speed. Also you'd want to make sure the CPU supports virtualization so you're not doing software virtualization
Sent from my iPad On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:07 PM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Depending on how much RAM you have, I'd go with Ubuntu 10.10 and run > Windows in a VM. > > I'm surprised you can't just enter a license key for Win7. Maybe have > it ask for the previous XP or whatever key, the way the CF installs > worked. Ah well. > > :Den > > -- > The lie is a condition of life. > Friedrich Nietzsche > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Maureen wrote: >> >> The hard drive on my HP laptop crashed. I got the files recovered but >> they wanted over 400 bucks to re-install the operating system on the >> new drive...NOT paying that today. >> >> The laptop had Vista on it, which I hate, so I am thinking I will >> either install XP Pro, for which I have the disks from another laptop >> with a dead power supply, or upgrade to Win 7. >> >> I was also thinking that perhaps I would make it a dual boot and put >> Linux on part of the hard drive. >> >> However, it has been years since I installed Windows because >> everything I've bought in the last 10 years or so came with the OS >> already installed, or else I had an IT tech to do the installs for me. >> >> I'm fairly sure that to install Win 7 as a upgrade I will have to >> install either XP or Vista first because the drive is blank and the >> upgrade will look for the previous install. >> >> Could one of you kind souls give a quick bullet list of what the best >> approach would be for this task? My google-foo seems to be depleted >> on this topic. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
