Recommended specs for Windows Development computer.

[Ralph DiMola]

I would go with pro. You can defer updates with pro so that Monday demo does
not go sideways because of a Sunday night forced update.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Martin Koob via use-livecode
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2019 12:21 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Martin Koob
Subject: Re: Recommended specs for Windows Development computer. 

Hi

I am just setting up Virtual Box now on my iMac.  I need to purchase of copy
of Windows 10.  I am just wondering whether people would recommend Windows
10 Home or Pro.  Any real difference when it comes to developing or testing?
Is it best again to stick to the lowest common denominator principle and go
with Windows 10 Home?

Thanks.


Regards,

Martin Koob





> On Oct 4, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> All that said, I've enjoyed the convenience of VMs for decades, and a few
years ago Mark Wieder suggested I try VirtualBox - never used anything else
since.  It's free and open source, and when I last used Parallels I found
VirtualBox was able to restore sessions in a fraction of the time.
> 
> With a VM you can share the Clipboard across OSes, as well as folders,
hardware, and more.  Being able to copy code from my dev OS into the test OS
has been a godsend of a convenience more times than I can count.
> 
> Running a second OS within your main OS will eat some RAM;  Min. 8 GB, 16
GB feels luxurious.
> 
> Whether virtual or physical, the OS choice is no choice: Windows 10 is the
present and future of Windows.  What I personally prefer doesn't matter for
testing.  I need what my customers use, and while it can be useful to spin
up VMs with older Windows versions, Win10 is where the action is today, and
tomorrow.

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