Re: Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

2014-08-01 Thread Todd Cole
I have a Lenovo with similar specifications that we will be using as a demo at the installfest Saturday it is currently running 14.04 host duel booted with windows and several linux guests and windows guests in virtualbox. Feel free to stop by and play with it. current software tools make it easy

Re: Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

2014-08-01 Thread techlists
Thanks!! I did notice a foot note on this page : http://ark.intel.com/products/81018/Intel-Core-i3-4030U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_90-GHz that says ‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature,

Re: Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

2014-08-01 Thread John J. Macey
Keith, I've recently put, Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04) 32-bit, on 10 year old Dell Inspiron, that had a 60Gb HDD, Pentium-m CPU, and 2Gb RAM. I used PlayOnLinux to install M$ Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2007, and Oracle's VirtualBox to add M$ 7 Ultimate. M$ 7 doesn't run super speedy, but

Re: Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

2014-08-01 Thread techlists
Thank you, that puts it in perspective. You have some bragging rights with a 10 year old laptop that is still functional. On 2014-08-01 12:57, John J. Macey wrote: Keith, I've recently put, Linux Mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04) 32-bit, on 10 year old Dell Inspiron, that had a 60Gb HDD, Pentium-m

Re: Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

2014-08-01 Thread John J. Macey
Really? Last year, I attempted to convert an older XP install running on a Thinkpad T42p to a virtual guest environment, following the vmware directions, and it failed miserably. Then again, this was an XP box, and laptops have all kinds of odd things going on. Todd, I have had better