[DUG] Upgrade considerations

[Kyley Harris]

if you have dual monitor.. its handy to run all your email, and web browsing
in another VM, that way you can snapshot.. and if you get any malicious
stuff just rollback and they are gone. keep the host clean.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Alister Christie <
alister at salespartner.co.nz> wrote:

> The next question should be, should I just virtualise my development
> stuff, or everything (should I use the host computer for anything other
> than hosting my virtual machine).
>
> Currently I've been using VMWare for testing purposes (Windows7
> compatibility, installs, client server stuff, networking issues and so on).
>
> Alister Christie
> Computers for People
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>
>
> Sean Cross wrote:
> >> I think my next development environment will be a Virtual Machine which
> >> will allow me to experiment a bit more aggressively, I understand that
> >> quite a few people are using VMs for this purpose these days.
> >>
> >> Alister Christie
> >> Computers for People
> >> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
> >> http://www.salespartner.co.nz
> >> PO Box 13085
> >> Johnsonville
> >> Wellington
> >>
> >
> > My thoughts on the subject:
> http://sourceitsoftware.blogspot.com/2009/08/when-you-install-delphi-2010-put-it-in.html
> >
> > Summarised as "Just do it"
> >
> > Sean
> >
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Kyley Harris
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