Lawrence, I just built a new win 8.1 vm on my new MacBook Air. It works great for those few windows apps that I need to keep around. I think at this point win 8.1 is the way to go unless you have specific software that needs an older version.
Adam > On Sep 19, 2014, at 4:27 PM, "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." <lkc...@ksu.edu> > wrote: > > I'm thinking that when the new Mac Mini finally appears...that is where I'm > going to go next. Though I'll probably end up keeping a Windows 7 VM for > those few things that can't make the switch :( > > I have a couple of Mini-ITX boxes that are dual core Atom's with 4GB of RAM. > 4GB being the maximum the particular Atom processor supports (the board has > two SO-DIMM slots...and I have a single 4GB SO-DIMM installed. Had bought a > pair, the second box came later.) They do pretty well as FreeBSD servers :) > > Finally got CARP/HAST stable.... > > OTOH, I found that my old Linux laptop that said the maximum memory it > supported was 4GB, is working with a pair of 4GB SO-DIMMs.... Though wish > there was an easy way to upgrade it to 64-bit Linux. The main problem I run > into is hibernation...if the resulting (compressed) save file is too large, it > won't restore from it. > > Also looking for somebody that sells quality aftermarket batteries for it. > >> On 09/17/14 07:27, Smith, David wrote: >> You're right, but I think my point still is valid. If you're building from >> scratch, I still would suggest using the system with the longest lifespan >> ahead of it, and that's Windows 8.1. The original question didn't mention >> any compatibility or other pressing reasons to suggest otherwise. >> >> David Smith >> >>> On Sep 16, 2014, at 6:18 PM, "Mario Obejas" <unix_...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> "Smith, David" <desm...@wustl.edu> writes: >>> >>>> Why are you upgrading to an OS that's already pretty close to >>>> end-of-support? >>> >>> I believe you are mistakenly equating Mainstream Support and Extended >>> Support dates. >>> >>> Mainstream Support means new features, and service packs. >>> Extended Support is the big one: no more security patches, no performance >>> improvements, nothing. AKA End of Life. >>> >>> The end of ‘Extended Support’ is what happened to Windows XP on 8 April >>> 2014. That won't happen to Windows 7 until 2020, i.e., 5+ years down the >>> road from here. 5 years can hardly be described as "close to end-of-support" >>> >>> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle >>> >>> >>> Client Latest update End of End of >>> OS or service pack mainstream support extended support >>> >>> ---------------+-----------------+--------------------+------------------- >>> >>> Windows XP Service Pack 3 April 14, 2009 April 8, 2014 >>> Windows Vista Service Pack 2 April 10, 2012 April 11, 2017 >>> Windows 7 * Service Pack 1 January 13, 2015 January 14, 2020 >>> Windows 8 Windows 8.1 January 9, 2018 January 10, 2023 >>> >>> >>> (knocks on wood that ASCII table format does not break) >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > > -- > Who: Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. - W0LKC - Sr. Unix Systems Administrator > For: Enterprise Server Technologies (EST) -- & SafeZone Ally > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
