Re: DO I need a Java upgrade? (Answer yes but ... )

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed - VMs are useful and I intend to switch to Windows 7 in the VM  
once I'm sure the stuff I need will run OK.

I wasn't talking about reliability in a VM - that has been excellent -  
in part I'm sure because I haven't had to install a whole bunch of  
stuff.  I was talking about the Windows experiences that caused me to  
give up on MS and switch to Mac over two years ago.

Jon Paris

www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com



On 13-Sep-09, at 2:58 PM, Richard Schoen wrote:

> Understood, however I've had just the opposite experience with  
> Windows.
>
> Windows usually runs fast and reliably even in VMs.  Actually  
> Windows 7
> so far even looks good in terms of performance improvements.
>
> One last comment on VM's.  If you're testing new copies of technology,
> just create a clean VM and use Snapshots because you can undo, redo
> points in time. Now that's cool stuff !!
>
> I don't know how I would get testing new technology done without  
> VM's in
> today's world :-)
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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> message: 3
> date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:11:11 -0400
> from: Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: [EGL-i] DO I need a Java upgrade? (Answer yes but ... )
>
> Yes I use Windows when I have no option Richard - WDSC/RDi being one
> of those cases.  But the VM is never as good/fast as the native OS so
> I try to keep everything native if I can.
>
> One of the big problems I always had with windows was the slow down
> and decrease in reliability as more and more stuff cluttered up the
> registry.  The few things I have running in Windows work quite well
> right now so I don't want to mess it up.
>
>
> Jon Paris
>
> www.Partner400.com
> www.SystemiDeveloper.com
>
>
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