RE: [NF] New mini computers

2007-02-01 Thread AL
The tech guy was Leo Laporte from www.callforhelptv.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:49 AM To: Profox Subject: [NF] New mini computers Was watching "Live with Regis and Kelly" j

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Kevin Cully
Naw. The laptop came with 160G HD and most of the data is just "proof of concept" and demo and development type stuff. For real production data, that goes on another server and other storage. In upgrading storage, there are lots of options. If you need RAM and your machine won't take any more,

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Alan Bourke
Kevin Cully wrote: > Virtual machines, MySQL, PostgreSQL, REALbasic. All while running > Firefox and Thunderbird on a MEPIS desktop. The more RAM, the better to > keep things running peppy. > With all that, I'd be as worried about disk space as I would RAM. _

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Kevin Cully
Virtual machines, MySQL, PostgreSQL, REALbasic. All while running Firefox and Thunderbird on a MEPIS desktop. The more RAM, the better to keep things running peppy. I'm wondering if I should try installing Vista in a VM. I guess I'll have to, before too long. Alan Bourke wrote: > What are you

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Alan Bourke
Kevin Cully wrote: > One downside seemed to be the maximum RAM that the mini PCs > can currently take; 1G. I wasn't going to buy anything that didn't > handle 2G of RAM, preferably 4G. What are you going to be running on that that would need that much RAM? SQL Server or lots of virtual machines

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Derek Kalweit
> Was watching "Live with Regis and Kelly" just now (while working on some > code of course!) and the tech guy was demonstrating the new mini PCs > running a full Windows operating system. > > Even though Foxpro wasn't able to be run on handhelds in the earlier > days, with the advancement/evolutio

Re: [NF] New mini computers

2007-01-31 Thread Kevin Cully
I was very tempted to purchase a mini PC, but went with a laptop instead. One downside seemed to be the maximum RAM that the mini PCs can currently take; 1G. I wasn't going to buy anything that didn't handle 2G of RAM, preferably 4G. Was the show demoing a Shuttle, or AOpen system? Koobox has s