Yeah, having to run hard-core apps in a VM wasn't fun until I got this
i7 with 4 gigs.
A late 2008 laptop with 2 gigs was ok for occasional forays into
other-os land, for testing and what not, which was all I needed it
for.
Sounds like Mama would be better off with a dual-boot... Editing
video
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Maureen wrote:
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> Thought about it. But I use so many memory intensive programs for
> audio and video editing that I hesitate to add another layer of memory
> use.
>
You definitely do not want a VM for audio/video editing.
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
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On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:07 PM, denstar wrote:
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> Depending
> Go Windows 7. XP has come to its end of life..no more support very soon!
+1
Also 7 fixed a ton of Vista issues.
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Thought about it. But I use so many memory intensive programs for
audio and video editing that I hesitate to add another layer of memory
use.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:07 PM, denstar wrote:
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> Depending on how much RAM you have, I'd go with Ubuntu 10.10 and run
> Windows in a VM.
>
> I'm surpri
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.
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Maureen wrote:
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> 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.
>
I don't know offhand but that sounds right. Whatever you d
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
