[dba-VB] What OS for .Net dev

Gustav,

 > But my primary development machine I wouldn't run in a VM.

Why is that?  I have used VMs for this for awhile now, and I think it works well.

I have VMS Server on both of my Server 2003 machines and they have very fast processors and lots of 
memory so it makes the VM run fast and I can assign lots of memory to the VM if I need.

OTOH I have VMWare player on my Vista laptop.  While it is a fairly fast laptop it only has 4 gigs 
of RAM.

By running the VM off of a USB drive I can move it around pretty much at will.  I kind of like that.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi John
> 
> Vista if you ask me. Or, of course, Windows 7 when you can get hold on it.
> Hanging on with Win XP is too lame.
> 
> But my primary development machine I wouldn't run in a VM.
> 
> /gustav
> 
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 24-08-2009 23:18 >>>
> I am going to do a virtual machine to do my development on.  This allows me to move it around on an 
> external disk between host machines.
> 
> My question is what OS would you suggest for the VM for development in .Net?  My available choices 
> are XP, 2003 and Vista (and maybe Server 2008).
> 
> Also how much disk space for the virtual hard disk?
> 
> Even though I have been using Vista on my main development laptop for a couple of years, I still 
> hate it, so that would not be my first choice.
> 
> Windows 2003 is a very stable environment but it is also a server OS and I have run into a lot of 
> applications, PerfectDisk for example, which refuse to run on a server OS OR want you to pay 
> hundreds of dollars for something that costs $50 for XP.
> 
> Which leaves me with XP which is getting long in the tooth.
> 
> Any yes, I have a copy of Server 2008 which I assume would have the same "is a server OS" issues 
> that 2003 brings with it.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> BTW I think I am going to bring up a server machine (real hardware) to run the Server 2008 license I 
> have.
>