http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/ My Experiences with Software Development Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-18866 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » New Computer Acts as 4 in 1 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:34:30 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-18866 [...] FireWire 800 which hold onto tons of files (MDSN downloads, screencasts, podcasts, etc) as well as my Virtual PC environments. The problem with the configuration is that I have to keep the external drives connected so my [...] [...] FireWire 800 which hold onto tons of files (MDSN downloads, screencasts, podcasts, etc) as well as my Virtual PC environments. The problem with the configuration is that I have to keep the external drives connected so my [...]

]]> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-11016 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Best Way to Boost Developer Productivity Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:29:35 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-11016 [...] Last night I installed the .NET 3.0 runtime. It took less than 10 minutes to finish. I also did it inside one of my virtual machines so there it will automatically be a little slower than usual, but the hard drive has the 16mb cache which makes all the difference. Today at work it has taken over 20 minutes so far. It has a pathetic 2mb cache. [...] [...] Last night I installed the .NET 3.0 runtime. It took less than 10 minutes to finish. I also did it inside one of my virtual machines so there it will automatically be a little slower than usual, but the hard drive has the 16mb cache which makes all the difference. Today at work it has taken over 20 minutes so far. It has a pathetic 2mb cache. [...]

]]> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-2263 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » SQL Server 2005 Problems and Solutions Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:33:34 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-2263 [...] However, I am seeing that SQL Server is much more resource intensive in terms of memory and disk usage. So on my virtual host I created a new virtual disk and installed a SQL Server on it so that it has plenty of room to grow. Now I just need a couple of 1gb memory chips from Dell to double my memory. [...] [...] However, I am seeing that SQL Server is much more resource intensive in terms of memory and disk usage. So on my virtual host I created a new virtual disk and installed a SQL Server on it so that it has plenty of room to grow. Now I just need a couple of 1gb memory chips from Dell to double my memory. [...]

]]> http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-2204 Brennan’s Blog » Blog Archive » Preparing to Show SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services with Sharepoint Web Parts Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:35:31 +0000 http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/05/22/running-virtual-server-on-a-laptop/#comment-2204 [...] Previously I had to set up CruiseControl.NET to build some code for Crystal Reports. I was lucky and found a useful installer in the Visual Studio folder. This time I had to run the Sharepoint install on Windows Server 2003 so that I could get to the Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll assembly. Fortunately I am running Virtual Server on may laptop and have a Windows Server 2003 instance available. [...] [...] Previously I had to set up CruiseControl.NET to build some code for Crystal Reports. I was lucky and found a useful installer in the Visual Studio folder. This time I had to run the Sharepoint install on Windows Server 2003 so that I could get to the Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll assembly. Fortunately I am running Virtual Server on may laptop and have a Windows Server 2003 instance available. [...]

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