If you're getting a new box, then get 16GB++ of RAM (it's cheap) and you can run multiple VMs easily. I use VMWare player. You should never suffer slow loading of VMs, for me they're as fast to load and run as the native OS. I've haven't used Docker yet. My advice: Only install what you really need for daily working on the metal machine. Any alternate versions of things, or things to evaluate, or hobby things go into VMs. I try to keep my work OS as clean as possible.
A fresh Win10 install has tons of garbage installed and running. After my last install I spent 3 hours removing and disabling junk everywhere (only Flash has defeated me, I can't remove it, just disable it). *Greg* On 4 February 2017 at 10:30, 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" ? > > >
