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LOL... I reget that there were no home computers when I was an ADULT!!
(you probably think I am kidding)
..and I have always been bummed that BIG WHEELS were invented long after I had grown too big to fit into one. Life is just not fair.
(Gallagher later had one custom-made that would have been great)
Hi All
Like always there's usually a spanner in the works / fly in the ointment.
On my Laptop -- no question at all -- W7 is there to stay.
On my main desktop I'm not so sure -- since its got 12GB RAM and as I need to log on to loads of different applications the lack of virtual desktops is almost a showstopper here. (Ok there are some 3rd party one's but nothing like the completely configerable desktop powertoy in XP).
So I've actually REMOVED W7 from my desktop and replaced it with W2008 Server R2 and fire up a load of XP virtual machines with their specific apps on them.
I've also got a W7 ultimate VM for my main Email, Internet and Office apps, but apart from that I probably still am using XP 80% of the time now.
Don't get me wrong -- I Love W7 and will gradually migrate the XP VM's to W7 VM's but there's no rush yet especially most work applications still need an XP front end.
I'll probably convert my music streaming app with its MySQL database over to a VM W7 first.
Since machines have much more RAM in them these days MS really should have provided a decent virtual desktop facility -- with EACH desktop 100% customiseable.
This is what I mean -- makes it much easier when running loads of applications. This is a SINGLE VIRTUAL XP machine with 4 desktops - and each can have their own set of apps etc. (You can of course cut and paste between them etc etc). The desktop facility is the DESKTOPS from MS powertoys sysinternals.
Cheers
jimbo
You should try cube desktop,its a very easy program that allows 6 virtual desktops to be used at once.
I find it excellent.
Dan
Hi there
Thanks for the info - the application is fine up to a point but I've tried that one and it still doesn't do EXACTLY what I want -- each desktop to be TOTALLY separate with own backgrounds, MENU, and desktop Icons.
For example if you need to logon to 6 or 7 different SAP R/3 systems each with say 3 different clients (Development, QA/ User Test / Production) you can see why I need this type of application.
It has also crashed a number of times so I gave up on that one.
Running a number of VM's on a 12 GB RAM server gives me the best of both worlds here - as I can migrate as and when I need to.
Note the main download link reports UNSAFE website -- there are others of course but beware of this one
Cheers
jimbo
Installed WIN95 day of release after having bought a PC with WIN3.1 on it initially, likewise WIN98. Skipped WinME (though did have it just never installed it), skipped 2000, went XP the week of release, likewise Vista.
Never regretted any of them. Especially liked WIN95 and Vista.
Beta'd WIN7. Really impressed with it's lightness, crispness (though I DID have a freezing issue intermittently), so I bought and installed WIN7 on the day after release.
Absolutley no regrets. To me - Vista on steriods - I love the interface and the speed.
Really -what's NOT to love about it? No doubt I WILL find issues the more I delve, but right now, extremely happy.
And I have been helped immeasurably by those here whenever I have sought advice - that's a help too!
Rgds
Rod
I used vista for around a year not a bad os at all had no problems with it. But purchased win 7 home premium and absolutely love it not regretting it one bit.
From Windows 3.0, through most of them, until Win7RC and now Win7.
They all had their good points, and I enjoyed each one.
Win7 has a very good feel, I was comfortable with it from the first day.
Absolutely no regrets.
Waiting for Win8