My 2=C2=A2,=20
Dual boot is moot. VirtualBox allows so much flexibility it borders on insan=
e. I have a 2008 MacBook Pro 2.4ghz core2duo with 4g ram and a 500g HDD. I c=
urrently have 14 virtual machines built (VB calls them guests). Everything f=
rom Oracle Solaris 11 and Win2k8server to Smoothwall, Windows8 and about 6 v=
ariations of Ubuntu.
Not only can you boot from a partition, you can run live CD distros straigh=
t from the .iso file. No virtual HDD necessary.=20
On 4g of ram I can run 3 or 4 of the lighter weight distros concurrently and=
network them together on a virtual network. I.E. Run smoothwall, open three=
other vm's networked to smoothwall to use it as a firewall boundary.
I have done still surfing the web with chrome and 6 tabs open, mail.app runn=
ing and ITunes streaming music to my stereo.=20
So why dual boot?
Jim MacDonald
On Sep 29, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> * Tom Simes <simestd@netexpress.com> [110929 11:08]:
>> DOH! It just dawned on me that you might have thought a Mac Mini and a=20=
>> Dell Mini 9 were somehow related. =20
> :) No. But thanks.
>> The Dell Mini 9 is an older Netbook=20
>> that Dell used to make. Many people snapped them up because the=20
>> particular hardware combination made it trivial to convert to a fully=20
>> functional OS X Netbook. I love mine and use it all the time - it's my=20=
>> default portable machine whether I'm headed out for some quick Wireshark=20=
>> captures, doing a little 'shoping with Gimp or just surfing and e-mail.=20=
>> If mine croaked, I'd be stalking eBay for another ASAP.
> Dell has a 'mini' - sort of ..
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MF3C2M/ref=3Dpd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd=
_p=3D486539851&pf_rd_s=3Dlpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=3D201&pf_rd_i=3DB002XXEB0M=
&pf_rd_m=3DATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=3D1NFTZ7F9Z54BCFKYSN1B
> My interest in setting up a linux dual-boot would be performance.
> And with 8 GB of RAM, that may be moot....
> --=20
> Tim=20
> tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
> http://www.akwebsoft.com
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