Thanks Preet What is PF5 ? _____ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2017 10:47 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: installing multiple things on my development machine. Are Virtualmachines still the way to go?
Your VMs take a long time to load? I've been using SSd for about 4/5 years now and don't find VMs take that long at all, esp. since there is not need to power down. You can just pause them. For my dev box I have SQL server (2 versions), VS 2010 (C++) and VS 2015 (complete) , though the 2010 is now no longer needed. Plus I have git and and few tools like beyond compare and git UIs + office software. I tend to use VMs (Hyper V) for testing where more than PF5 is needed. regards, Preet, in Auckland NZ On 4 February 2017 at 12:30, Kirsten Greed <kirst...@jobtalk.com.au> wrote: I have a chance to upgrade my development box. Over the years multiple programs have crept on to my box including 3 versions of SQL Server Express. I am wondering how to be more disciplined in keeping my environment clean Although I have some VMs installed I haven't been using them because they take so long to load. For trying out new things - like VS2017, are VMs still the way to go? Or is there something else now ( like Docker? ) What programs should be "On the metal" ?
