Re: Windows Vista (puke) and Windows Server 2008

["Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hyper-V will not support USB devices?    Seriously?   That seems like an
incredibly basic requirement.



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Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:01 PM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Windows Vista (puke) and Windows Server 2008

> This looks pretty good.  I've been reading about it at Microsoft.com
> and I
> think I am going to go with the Hyper-V solution.

Make sure you can live without USB and/or serial port virtualization before
you commit to HyperV. I need to interface with external devices via USB in
my VM's, so HyperV did not work for me.

> Now I have to pick out the hardware to run it.
>
> I have had good and bad experiences with Dell...the most recent being
> incredibly bad...so maybe I need to expand my horizons.
>
> Where do the people on this list purchase windows hardware and do you
> guys
> have any problems getting the customizations you want  (i.e....a
> specific
> piece of hardware and a specific OS together?)  Dell's online
> configuration
> tool is limited in what it will allow you to do, and I know I can call
> and
> talk to their customer support but that's a headache all by itself that
> I
> want to avoid if I can.

I have had good luck with Dell, so I continue to use them. For my
development machine, I use the "Workstation" class of machines (ie:
Precision). I load them up with lots of RAM, mirrored drives, and a good
video card that supports multiple monitors at high resolutions.