On Friday, 9 June 2017 10:08:31 AM AEST cory seligman wrote: > > Why do you need it running natively? A VM is usually much easier for such > > things. If you are worried about performance then keep in mind that a VM > > on > > new hardware will often outperform running natively on old hardware. > > I've considered that. It runs fine in a VM except the required USB devices > aren't always picked up by the VM and passed through. It also needs to be > managed remotely (China) with no network (phone/email instructions) or be > sent back for debugging.
USB and VMs is problemmatic. Best to run natively. > It's a microcontroller mass production programming system that previously > ran on 2009 era hardware and has been put into a VM when the hardware went > missing. OK, so you don't need the best handling of ACPI, ExpressCard, etc. That's good. > > Laptops are particularly difficult in regard to such things as their > > hardware > > changes faster than desktops and servers. Why does this have to be a > > laptop? > > It's easier to send a laptop to the production house in China. They don't > need to provide a screen or keyboard Fair point. > > All I need is basic video and USB. Don't even actually need networking. > > > > There's a good chance that it will just do what you want then. Why not > > try > > it? > > Mostly didn't want to take the risk of buying some new hardware and finding > out it was a waste of money. > > Thanks for the advice. I've bought one of these, because it's bonkers cheap. > > https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/laptops/dell/dell-inspiron-11-30 > 00-11-6-laptop/329999/ That's a nice little laptop. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
