[dba-Tech] VMs v. Physical hardware

[Arthur Fuller]

Simply  because. despite all my attempts to retire, I keep gatting dragged
back into the business, by clients from previous gigs who have not
upgraded, so the Win7 box runs Office 2007 etc., and when called upon to do
a fix or enhancement I have to ensure that my environment duplicates
theirs. No other reason, except that that machine also doubles as my
connection to my audio speaker system.

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 3:34 PM rockysmolin bchacc.com <
rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Why do you have both a Win 10 and a Win 7 box?
> r
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:45 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] VMs v. Physical hardware
>
> Back in the day, I deemed VMs really cool, but they have lost their lustre
> for me. At the moment, I have four computers running, each with its own OS,
> and since they are so inexpensive, I don't understand the purpose, at least
> in a home environment, of slowing everything down with VMs. For $100 I can
> buy a computer and dedicate to a particular OS. In my case, the main box is
> Mint, the secondary box is Win10, and the third Win7. Then there's the the
> tablet and the phone.
> I don't understand the advantage of VMs, given that hardware is so
> inexpensive (although I am running out of deskspace. Maybe my perspective
> is coloured by free hydro in my residence. That's certainly a factor. But
> that aside, I prefer to run 5 computers than 5 VMs. Way faster, and I have
> a swivel chair so shifting is a breeze.
>
>
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> Arthur
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Arthur