Re: Portable work environments (was: Something that workedright)

[Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxx]

One big show-stopper would of course be that the host PC can't boot from 
USB.

This is the case here at work, the PC they've given me is 6 years old next 
month! Of course, I'm "only a contractor", so why waste a new pc on me...

And before anyone says that I should bring my own laptop to work, that's 
a) not allowed by company policy here, and b) my wife would have to go 
upstairs to read her mail ;-)

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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Jones, John (US) wrote:
> Another option that does require some client software is to use the free
> VMWare product.  Basically have a USB drive (flash or hard) that has the
> VMWare installer and your preferred VM session(s).  When you visit a
> 'foreign' PC, install the VMWare and then run your VM(s).

VMWare is pretty darn intrusive ... it installs network adapters and a
few other drivers.  I think it would be difficult to get someone to
allow you to install it on their PC unless they were really familiar
with what it was.

I like the idea of a bootable USB hard drive with your OS & application
of choice.  Linux would be a prime candidate for this, as it is
extraordinarily adaptable to new hardware.

david