[GTALUG] VM decisions for school laptop..

[David Collier-Brown]

On 11/04/18 08:31 PM, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote:
> On 2018-04-11 08:05 PM, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
>> A bit of research indicates that the two most popular free VM 
>> contenders are VMware and Microsoft's Hyper-V.  Can anyone recommend 
>> one over the other?  Are there better choices?
>
> A third choice is VirtualBox. I just checked the website for it and it 
> is available for Windows. I also noticed it is from Oracle and some 
> people don't like dealing with Oracle products. I've been using 
> VirtualBox under Linux to run an older version of Windows so I can run 
> a 3D modelling program that is Windows only.
>
> One of the things that pushed me towards VirtualBox was ease of setup. 
> I first looked at VM Ware but found it confusing to determine which 
> version I would have needed to use.
>
I too recommend Virtual Box, and the large memory you mentioned (32GB)

You may have fun finding large memories: all too many devices have 
soldered-in small memory chips, to "encourage" you to buy a whole new 
machine when you need more.

--dave

[currenty running an old-looking brands new t44p, fro the pluggable memory]

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