[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Virtual PC

Dammit.  If only I needed another machine.  If only... 


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:48 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Virtual PC

Tiger Direct had a deal yesterday the e-mailed me for $199 you got a 3.2Ghz
Intel Dual Core CPU, 3 GB DDR Ra, 500 GB Hard drive, XFX Motherboard, Case
with 450W power supply for $199.

http://tinyurl.com/5ebrc8

GK

On 10/24/08, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:
> I get a better idea - I'll take Max's desktop. He's got this mondo lap 
> top now and he's gone.  So I'll swap out old HAL9002 my venerable P3 
> machine (which, BTW, for some reason seems to run circles around the 
> P4s),  for Max's P$ which is only 1.6GHz but that's fast enough for my 
> purposes.  I'll put VPC on that and make it a test bed machine.  Only 40GB
HD but 23GB free.
> It only has 1/2G Ram so that may require an upgrade.
>
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 858-259-4334
> www.e-z-mrp.com
> www.bchacc.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:55 PM
> To: Off Topic
> Cc: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Virtual PC
>
> Or you could upgrade that hard drive for about $50 to a 160GB
>
> GK
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM,  <dickford1 at aol.com> wrote:
> > Rocky, I don't use VPC anymore...my rig now hosts Vista, which won't 
> > even
> install it, let alone run it.
> >
> > IIRC, you're gonna need a tad more than 1Gb to run VPC on that rig. 
> > How
> about transferring some of those files/directories to your external 
> HD, to free up...say 3-4Gb? That should do it... li'l housekeeping never
hurts.
> >
> > Dickford
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> > To: 'Off Topic' <dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com>; List 
> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 3:02 pm
> > Subject: [dba-OT] Virtual PC
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Lists:
> >
> >
> > I'd like to put VPC on a machine that has only about a gig left on a 
> > 34GB HD.  But the machine has an external HD of 76GB with about 16GB
> empty.
> >
> > I want to set up a VPC with Office 2007 so I don't have to go 
> > through the reinstall thing every time I change from 2003 to 2007 
> > and vv. So can I set up VPC and O2K7 on the external HD and run it from
there?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rocky Smolin
> >
> > Beach Access Software
> >
> > 858-259-4334
> >
> > www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/>
> >
> > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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