Recommended specs for Windows Development computer.

[Dar Scott Consulting]

Pro. 

If a customer wants you to test on Home, buy it at that time. 

If a customer wants you to test on lots of Windows platforms, get Visual Studio Pro and build as many virtual machines or real machines you want (for development).

If you are the customer, uh, well, it still applies.


> On Oct 6, 2019, at 2:08 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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