By Stu on January 6th, 2010
Ok, got the new PC and been prepping it for dev use… Gone swimmingly so far. Now I want to experiment with Virtual PC for Windows 7 (my old PC was not capable of doing this). The only problem is that I have no experience with running a virtual machine and I have had a horrible time finding a walk through. So here is the beginner guide by a beginner for Virtual PC.
- You need to know if you can run Virtual PC. Download and run this application. It will test your computer for processor compatibility.
By Stu on December 31st, 2009
First, I am no expert on CPU cooling and this is just a limited review of what I am seeing after a day of use. With that noted…
I bought the Cooler Master Hyper N520 ($39.00) from Fry’s Electronics on the recommendation of the tech guy I was talking too to place in the new computer I was building. I didn’t want to stick with the standard OEM fan from Intel, my experience is they are pretty much garbage when you put the processor under a solid load. I also know that a quad core (have a quad at work) is a pretty hot animal. So I got this behemoth of a cooler… I was actually worried it wouldn’t fit in the case and at nearly 7” tall you have to worry about case size.
By Stu on December 31st, 2009
While I was setting up Visual Studio 2008 and SQL 2008 Express on my PC after going to Windows 7 Professional x64, I started thinking about how slow Visual Studio was (just as slow as Vista). I bought the Gateway Dual Core computer in later 2006 or early 2007 and I bought it when I spent most of my time on my work laptop. It has worked well for my use, but Visual Studio is pretty slow (1+ minute to just load). So I decide it was time to upgrade to a new machine.
Ok, got the new PC and been prepping it for dev use… Gone swimmingly so far. Now I want to experiment with Virtual PC for Windows 7 (my old PC was not capable of doing this). The only problem is that I have no experience with running a virtual machine and I have had a horrible time finding a walk through. So here is the beginner guide by a beginner for Virtual PC.
