Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sun Nov 25 19:03:47 CST 2012
For me, the main advantage of W64 v W32 is the amount of RAM it supports. If you are running W64 with lots of RAM, you could try VirtualBox with a VM for each OS. rather than mulitple boxen. Especially if you can run a multi- monitor setup. That's what I do with my main development laptop - run an extended desktop on an external monitor with a VirtualBox VM on it. To switch OSs, I just need to move my mouse across to the other screen. KVM switches - (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) -- Stuart On 25 Nov 2012 at 19:46, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I run 32-bit Office in a 64-bit system. The main reason I chose 64-bit was > for SQL Server. If I had a 32-bit version of Windows 7 I'd install it, but > sadly I don't. Maybe I'll buy one (I notice that Win7 is deeply discounted > lately) and set up a dual boot instead. > > I'm beginning to think that I should just get a box for each OS I want to > run. In the case of the two Linux VMs I run currently, a sufficient box for > each of them is about $120 lately. Linux is just fine with a mere 2GB of > RAM. > > Speaking of multiple boxes, what are those devices called that enable a > single monitor and mouse and keyboard to work with multiple machines? You > just turn a dial to switch from Box 1... Box 4. >