[DUG] D2009 + Windows 7: awesome!

[Nick]

Hi,

I do the same here as well, running D2007 in a VM.
Makes backing up far easier and means I can run linux as my host
machine.




On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 10:14 +1200, Gary T. Benner wrote:
> [Reply] 
> 
> HI all, 
> 
> I've been running my Delphi within a VM ( XP ) for quite some time now
> with similar results re speed. 
> 
> regards 
> 
> Gary 
> 
> At 18:35 on 29/05/2009 you wrote 
> 
> >To : delphi at delphi.org.nz 
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> >From: Trevor, trevorj at ihug.co.nz 
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> >Hi all, 
> 
> > I may be preaching to the choir here, but hey.... 
> 
> > 
> 
> > I've been given a new project which is essentially an update of
> something 
> 
> >that I originally wrote with the field test version of Delphi 1. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > This time, we're going to be using decent machines and a decent 
> 
> >environment. I had requested an upgrade to D2009 before starting, but
> was 
> 
> >told that I had to do a reasonable evaluation before the company
> would spend 
> 
> >the money. I've started doing that. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > My first step was to install an evaluation version of D2009 (from a 
> 
> >suspiciously flowery USB stick) into a pre-built XP VM that I had
> handy. It 
> 
> >didn't work. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > D2009 wanted MDAC2.8 service pack 1 which I downloaded from MS. The
> MDAC 
> 
> >installer just told me that "this software does not work on the this
> OS". I 
> 
> >wonder which OS MDAC is supposed to work on. VMS maybe? 
> 
> > 
> 
> > I changed tack, and did a bit of sweet-talking to the
> infra-structure 
> 
> >guys. They gave me a Windows 7 RC1 iso to use for building my VM.
> That 
> 
> >went swimmingly well. The 7 VM was even able to get internet access
> from 
> 
> >within our horrendously locked down corporate network. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Next, I tried the D2009 installer on this VM. It wanted a license
> key. 
> 
> >Using my host machine, I tried to get one from the Embarcadero web
> site. No 
> 
> >luck. I tried several browsers (opera, IE6 etc) but none worked. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Back within the Windows 7 VM, I tried using IE8 to get a key from 
> 
> >Embarcadero. Success! D2009 installed and now runs. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > So now I am astonished. My Windows 7 VM lives on a 1TB USB drive
> plugged 
> 
> >into the host machine. D2009 is installed in that VM. I cannot
> believe how 
> 
> >fast it all is. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > Starting D2006 in my host (XP) machine takes about 2 minutes.
> Starting my 
> 
> >Windows 7 VM, then starting D2009 in the VM takes about 30 seconds
> all up. 
> 
> > 
> 
> > I'll do some more evaluation, but so far I am extremely impressed
> with the 
> 
> >improvements that both MS have achieved with 7, and Embarcadero
> (CodeGear) 
> 
> >have achieved with D2009. I'm still flabbergasted that the VM is
> soooo much 
> 
> >faster than the host, especially since the VM is actually running on
> the 
> 
> >host. 
> 
> > 
> 
> >Trevor 
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
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