Hyper-V won't run on Windows 7 VPC only supports 32bit VMs Installing Hyper-V role disables sleep/hibernate on the host PC (you can get this functionality back by setting a Hyper-V service to start manually, but once it's started, you can only shutdown)
You have two routes to go down: a) Lightweight laptop: something like a Sony Z2 series. Limited to 8GB of RAM, but has SSD (up to 1TB I believe) and 1080i screen b) Heavier laptops: all the major vendors have workstation class machines. Usually around the 3kg mark, but will go up 16GB of RAM with common 4GB SoDIMMS. Either way, make sure you get SSDs. I use the Sony as I'm sick of carrying around 3-4kg of laptop. I have 256GB of SSD internally, and another 512GB externally via USB3. That's enough to run 4-5 VMs concurrently without issue. I use VMWare Workstation (as it supports 64bit guests) on the laptop. Back at home, I have HP Proliant Microservers for my lab, and they run Hyper-V Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Griffith Sent: Thursday, 23 February 2012 2:16 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: New laptop for developer, has 16Gb RAM What's works best for software development? Windows 2008 R2 and Hyper-v for VMs Windows 2008 R2 and VPC for VMs Windows 7 and Hyper-v for VMs Windows 7 and VPC for VMs Multi-boot? PG Peter Griffith CP http://adnugcom.wordpress.com PH: 0408 832 891
