Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread Michael Madigan
But you have to buy a copy of XP, right?  From: "Michael Oke, II" To: ProFox Email List Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer Depends on what you need as a VM.  Microsoft has theirs to run XP from

Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread Malcolm Greene
Michael, > I think it's too expensive to run a VM on 6 machines, or am I wrong? There's a free version of VMware - you could give it try. There's also free versions of Xen and several other VM products. Malcolm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

RE: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread john harvey
No, you just have to buy Windows 7 pro, ultimate or whatever is above that. 7 home will not include xp mode. John Harvey -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 3:21 AM To: ProFox Ema

RE: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread Michael Oke, II
What John said. I believe that you have to download the bits and pieces but there is no cost associated with that. Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 oke...@gmail.com On Sep 18, 2011 7:43 AM, "john harvey" wrote: > No, you just have to buy Windows 7 pro, ultimate or whatever is above that. > 7 home wil

Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread lelandj
You could host your current version of XP on one of the free Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos, Debian, etc. There are any number of free VMs that can run under Linux like Oracle's Virtualbox, qemu, kvm, xen, etc. Then you would only be out the cost of the Linux computer. In th

Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread lelandj
Below is a link that considers five of the best Virtual Machine Applications: http://lifehacker.com/5714966/five-best-virtual-machine-applications Regards, LelandJ On 09/18/2011 10:10 AM, lelandj wrote: > You could host your current version of XP on one of the free Linux > distributions lik

Re: [NF] Optimum online not sending mail through port 25

2011-09-18 Thread Pete Theisen
MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > On 9/8/2011 10:04 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: >> On Sep 8, 2011, at 8:52 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: >> >>> Its problems like you describe that encourage me to suggest you using a >>> commercial SMTP hosting service. >> If I can help temporarily, you could use my leaf

Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread Dan Covill
On 09/17/11 19:19, Michael Madigan wrote: > I think it's too expensive to run a VM on 6 machines, or am I wrong? > Michael: It's not expensive, you just have to have Win 7 Pro, then download and install the Virtual PC and XP (free). Which is fine, but you're left with an unnecessarily complex se

Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread Michael Madigan
But I have computer-illiterate operators, I'm afraid of making things too complicated From: Malcolm Greene To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer Michael, > I think it's too expe

RE: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer

2011-09-18 Thread john harvey
Isn't that a redundant phrase? John Harvey -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:37 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] looking for recommended 32-bit computer But I have

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

2011-09-18 Thread Pete Theisen
lelandj wrote: > Running your own mail server is not as bad as people may think, and has > its advantanges. In order to do it, you would need a static IP address, > an MX record on a DNS, a router that forwards to the local computer that > acts as the smtp mail server. > > The hard part is ini

Re: [NF] How we found the speed of light: it's not infinite! (300 years ago)

2011-09-18 Thread Pete Theisen
Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > For the astonomy geeks out there (including myself)... > > > > http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/09/how_we_found_the_speed_o > f_ligh.php Hi Matthew, I like the Galileo conclusion: "very, very fast". -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect