Comments on: New Computer

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:48:40 +0000

David – I have not corresponded with Damon in some months. He had told me that he was busy with some career changes.

By: David Walter

David Walter — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:41:48 +0000

Jon:

Is it impolite to ask of the whereabouts or status of Damon Langworth? As it came time for the conference in June, I believe it was, that there were comments that Damon would not be presenting, maybe not even attending that conference. Now going over some older emails from the developer’s list and doing a search on his name, I see that his last posting was March 1, 2009.

Didn’t necessarily want to ask this question on the list.

David

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:55:04 +0000

Doug -

Thanks for checking in with your experiences. I’m planning to do the Windows 7 64-bit option, and you have helped show me it’s a viable approach.

By: Doug Glancy

Doug Glancy — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:50:44 +0000

Two comments on those thinking of using Server 2008 as their laptop operating system:
1. I tried to use Hyper-V the virtual pc program available under Server 2008, but it didn’t support the 1440*900 resolution of my laptop, so I couldn’t ever maximize the virtual machine. Also, installing Hyper-V disables the ability to put the laptop on standby/sleep.
2. My antivirus program, NOD32, wouldn’t install unless I purchased the server edition, which is only available in 5-license packs. There is a similar issue with other antivirus programs.
Now I’m running Windows 7 64-bit and the 64-bit version of Nod32, as well as the somewhat updated Windows Virtual PC program. I think VPC has somewhat improved networking settings, and it now supports USB drives.

By: Colin Banfield

Colin Banfield — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:22:04 +0000

“I’m thinking about using an on-line service. I wanted to get a few thoughts and opinions from the readers.”

Mike, because all of the major ISPs in my area charge for usage, online backup isn’t an option for me – but even if it was, it would be impractical to ever do a full backup of a 1.5TB drive at Internet speeds. I’m leaning towards a NAS option. A DLink DNS-323 two-drive NAS box with Gigabit Ethernet isn’t expensive. Stuff two 1.5TB drives (also not that expensive) in a mirror configuration and you should be good to go. If you also want to plan for potential fire damage, then you’ll have to find a fireproof housing designed for computer equipment, or go with an option such as provided by ioSafe.

By: Dennis Wallentin

Dennis Wallentin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:44:15 +0000

Jon,
While reading throw the comments and that You backup several computer it strikes me that You should also use NAS unit for the backups.

I’ve been using a NAS (2 x 500 GB) for all backups on my local network together with Windows Scheduler.

Personally I have difficulties to trust a third-party for my backups, especially for XL-Dennis.

Kind regards,
Dennis