Re: Lab Requirements for 2003

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Neil <guess!!!@xxxxxxxxx> prattled ceaslessly in
news:Xns9632C8D01AA0Eneilmcsegmailcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> did you hear "Keith" <@.> say in news:uE7HB4HPFHA.3296
> @TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl:
>
>> What would everyone recommend I have set up for my lab at home?
>
> A short kid named Dexter to help out is always a plus
> (vmware/VPC, copies of Server2k3 180 day eval version, WinXP Pro (is
> there an XP eval?) and a computer with LOTS of RAM)
>

There's an XP eval, 180day, with the new MS Press training kit. Only
activates on one machine, virtual or normal, though. Grrrr. Large hard
disks are also a plus for virtual machine setups. There's a 180day eval
version of ms virtual server but you have to have at least xp as the host
and it has stiffer hardware reqs then msvpc or vmware. I'm using an eval
version of vmware (30day) and it works pretty good. Steven U's idea for
swapping HDs is good in some respects, but I like the virtual method much
better. If you have a ton of RAM, you can get a lot more virtual
machines going then you'll probably have room for or money for in
reality.

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