After getting a few tests and trials to run with VMWare Workstation and ending up with acceptable execution speed, I began to plan the types of machines I needed. This is how my list ended up:
Operating System Machines - Base Class
- Win2k Base - Windows 2000 with Firefox, Thunderbird, Acrobat, Flash and Spybot
- Win2k Plus - Win2k Base with Open Office
- Win2k Enterprise - Win2k Base with SQL and IIS
- WinXP Base - Windows XP with Firefox, Thunderbird, Acrobat, Flash and Spybot
- WinXP Plus - WinXP Base with Open Office (or MS Office)
- Suse Linux Base - Base Suse Linux Install
- Suse Linux LAMP - Base Suse Linux with Apache, MySQL and PHP
Machines
- Win2k Plus - Finance Programs
- WinXP Base - Lightroom and Photography
- Win2k Plus - Writing
- Win2k Plus - Hobbies
- Win2k Plus - Visual Studio Programming
- Suse Linux LAMP - Test Web Site for Publishing
These machines all have varying disk sizes, memory requirements and settings to allow for fast execution. I will address each of these items and the workarounds I discovered in future posts.
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