2010/8/23-9/7 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53932 Activity:low | 9/21 are you guys really all using win7 in some way now?
\_ Yes. In my company, we have upgraded all our machines for
development, QA and other office use (HR, Finance, Receptions, etc.)
from WinXP to Win7 a few months ago. Our products now primarily
support Win7/Win2008 and secondarily support WinXP/Win2003.
\_ Any weird gotchas support-wise?
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2010/1/22-30 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53655 Activity:high | 1/22 looking to buy a new development laptop
needs ssdrive, >6 hr possible batt life, and runs linux reasonably
Anyone have a recommendation? Thx.
\_ thinkpad t23 w ssdrive and battery inplace of drive bay
\_ Ever wondered what RICHARD STALLMAN uses for a laptop? Well,
wonder no more!
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2009/8/4-13 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:53239 Activity:kinda low | 8/3 VMWare + Windows XP + Validation question. I need to test stuff with
Service Pack 3 installed. I have a valid key that I own (yeah yeah I
actually *bought* a copy, please don't flame me for supporting evil
M$). Is it possible to register the key once, and then duplicate it
for testing purposes? Will Windows or Microsoft detect copies and
disable the rest the copies?
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2009/7/28-8/6 [Computer/HW/Drives] UID:53216 Activity:nil | 7/28 Does it make sense to defragment disks on VMWare? My 80GB disk
on VMWare isn't really using 80GB, it just uses what it needs.
Will defragment do anything to it?
\_ If you want to speed up disk operation in your VM, it's best to
defragment the disks in your VM, then defragment the disk on your
host machine where the VM files are.
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2009/7/17-24 [Computer/SW/OS/VM] UID:53153 Activity:nil | 7/17 Should I get VMWare Fusion or Parallels 4? I don't want to use
VirtualBox because it's kind of slow.
\_ Yes
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2009/7/17-24 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53156 Activity:kinda low | 7/17 -rw-r--r--@
What does the "at sign" mean? This is on Mac OS. VMWare disk file.
\_ The file has metadata attributes
\_ How do I add/delete attributes to files? What about
-rw-r--r--+ <-- what is the "+" sign? Also how do you make
tar preserve these attributes?
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2009/5/2-6 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:52936 Activity:nil | 5/2 why would my php application chew up 20-30 percent of my CPU when
run on a real machine, but will consitently take up 60-70 percent
of CPU when run in a vmware vm ?
\_ the real CPU has more capacity.
\_ Yes, did you allocate all of your CPU to the VM? Maybe you only
gave it one CPU or something like that.
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2009/8/6-14 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53250 Activity:moderate | 8/5 Why is Mac OS 10.6 $29 and 10.5.6 $129? Is it a typo?
\_ $29 for existing users.
\_ it doens't even support ppc does it.
\_ who cares about ppc anymore? Everything is Intel based
\_ I have a PPC mini at home that I use.
\_ I have a quad core G5 ppc.
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2009/6/1-3 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:53068 Activity:high | 5/31 History of winners and losers by *popularity*:
VHS > Beta Max
USB2 > Firewire
x86 > PowerPC > Everything Else > DEC Alpha > Itanium
BlueRay > HDDvd
\_ It's too early to tell RE: "Blue"Ray. They may both turn out to be
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2008/12/4-10 [Computer/HW/CPU, Computer/HW/Drives] UID:52163 Activity:nil | 12/4 A question to you old crufy alumni: So lately we've suggested
VMs, and been asked why it's necessary. We've suggested top-of-the-line
hardware and been told we don't need that much power. So I'd like to
ask -- what exactly do you think the CSUA is supposed to _be_?
\_ Noone said VMs weren't needed. They suggested you use the
\_ No one said VMs weren't needed. They suggested you use the
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2008/12/3-8 [Computer/HW/CPU] UID:52157 Activity:kinda low | 12/3 Are any of you CSUA alums working at Intel? Is it possible that we
might be able to hit Intel up for donated/partially donated (reduced
price) Core i7 Xeons when they come out? Who would be a good person
to contact about something like that? We're of course willing to put
out for them - perhaps we'll tattoo an Intel logo on toulouse if that's
what they want :-p -- steven
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2008/11/12-26 [Computer/Companies/Google, Finance/Investment] UID:51948 Activity:low | 11/12 Intel warns. Q4 revenue forecast down 10%. At 1996 levels.
GOOG afterhours at 285. Time to buy?
\_ I think GOOG is a buy under $300 and I bought. --GOOG h8ter
\_ how long are you holding for? will you buy more if it gets
cheaper?
\_ I'll hold until I need the money, however long that
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