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What VM? VirtualBox?<br><br>> From: trevorj@ihug.co.nz<br>> To: delphi@delphi.org.nz<br>> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:37:24 +1200<br>> Subject: [DUG] D2009 + Windows 7: awesome!<br>> <br>> Hi all,<br>> I may be preaching to the choir here, but hey....<br>> <br>> I've been given a new project which is essentially an update of something<br>> that I originally wrote with the field test version of Delphi 1.<br>> <br>> This time, we're going to be using decent machines and a decent<br>> environment. I had requested an upgrade to D2009 before starting, but was<br>> told that I had to do a reasonable evaluation before the company would spend<br>> the money. I've started doing that.<br>> <br>> My first step was to install an evaluation version of D2009 (from a<br>> suspiciously flowery USB stick) into a pre-built XP VM that I had handy. It<br>> didn't work. <br>> <br>> D2009 wanted MDAC2.8 service pack 1 which I downloaded from MS. The MDAC<br>> installer just told me that "this software does not work on the this OS". I<br>> wonder which OS MDAC is supposed to work on. VMS maybe?<br>> <br>> I changed tack, and did a bit of sweet-talking to the infra-structure<br>> guys. They gave me a Windows 7 RC1 iso to use for building my VM. That<br>> went swimmingly well. The 7 VM was even able to get internet access from<br>> within our horrendously locked down corporate network.<br>> <br>> Next, I tried the D2009 installer on this VM. It wanted a license key.<br>> Using my host machine, I tried to get one from the Embarcadero web site. No<br>> luck. I tried several browsers (opera, IE6 etc) but none worked.<br>> <br>> Back within the Windows 7 VM, I tried using IE8 to get a key from<br>> Embarcadero. Success! D2009 installed and now runs.<br>> <br>> So now I am astonished. My Windows 7 VM lives on a 1TB USB drive plugged<br>> into the host machine. D2009 is installed in that VM. I cannot believe how<br>> fast it all is.<br>> <br>> Starting D2006 in my host (XP) machine takes about 2 minutes. Starting my<br>> Windows 7 VM, then starting D2009 in the VM takes about 30 seconds all up.<br>> <br>> I'll do some more evaluation, but so far I am extremely impressed with the<br>> improvements that both MS have achieved with 7, and Embarcadero (CodeGear)<br>> have achieved with D2009. I'm still flabbergasted that the VM is soooo much<br>> faster than the host, especially since the VM is actually running on the<br>> host.<br>> <br>> Trevor<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list<br>> Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz<br>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi<br>> Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-request@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe<br><br /><hr />SEEK - New Zealand's #1 jobsite <a href='http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fmsn%2Eseek%2Eco%2Enz%2FID%5FSEEKNZMAIN%5FUSR%2FPages%2Falliance%5Fhomepage%2Eascx%3FComeFrom%3Dmsnnz%26tracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Asknz%3Amsnnz%3A0%3Ahottag%3Akickstart&_t=757263783&_r=Seek_NZ_tagline&_m=EXT' target='_new'>Kick start your career now!</a></body>
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