On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 1:51 PM, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BTW, I finally got around to checking; my fastest Linux box > is faster than I'd remembered: 1.7GHz. But it's not a good > candidate for putting Windows on, at least not as a workstation. > It's noisy, and I'd have to unbolt it from the rack it's in > and move it to a more comfortable room for working in. (Most > of my computers don't have to be in places where I can sit > comfortably and have the right lighting, 'cause I use most > of 'em over the network from the ones that _are_ more > ergonomically situated. I'm trying to replace more of the > servers with rackmount gear (and as I get faster rackmount > machines, some of the existing services can be consolidated > into fewer computers). > > -- Glenn >
Leave it in the rack and put the free version of XenExpress on it.... Then you can install Vista or XP in a Virtual Machine with para-Virtualization drivers and they run as fast as native. Access the Virtual Machine via Microsoft's RDP client. There are RDP clients for Linux as well, or Install VNC. XenExpres can be downloaded for free from: http://citrix.com/English/ps2/products/product.asp?contentID=683148 Corey -- Check out my Photo Stream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
