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Building a virtualisation rig

I'm back now, and I want to say thanks to everyone who posted in this thread - I've learned an enormous amount from this thread, even or especially when people disagreed with each other. Thanks to evilsharpie for posting so much (!), and to ViRGE for linking his pics as evilsharpie's large...
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- Nov 23, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Building a virtualisation rig

Thanks for passing on that real-world experience. I can't imagine needing 12-15 VMs on the go. What was in them? I've ordered these books http://www.amazon.co.uk/Self-Paced-T.../dp/0735625727 (MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit [Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, 70-647]: Windows Server 2008...
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- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Building a virtualisation rig

Thanks for your contributions. Two posts, two opposing opinions. My MacBook with 4GB runs 2k8 more or less fine in VM, but when I try to run it with Vista at the same time that's when it chokes. As the evilsharpie pointed out, I need to be running 2k8, 2k3, 7, vista all at the same time to...
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- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Building a virtualisation rig

Yes you're right, I'm aiming for the Enterprise Admin exams. Just ordered the books for it, and hopefully they will arrive next week. Have decided to do the new Windows 7 prerequisite for my first module. I just set up a Windows 7 PC for work last week, and so far, my impression is 'like...
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- Post #11
- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Building a virtualisation rig

OK, I've done some pricing up. After looking at the hackintosh forums e.g. insanelymac.com, the cannonical i7 rig seems to be this: i7-920 £205 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 £182 Branded memory 12GB £200 (6x2GB) (OCZ Obsidan) Total: £587 (excluding case etc)(Prices are from...
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- Nov 12, 2009
- Forum: Motherboards
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Building a virtualisation rig

Hello AnandTech, my first time posting on here. I'm being sponsored to study for the MCITP qualification (same as the MSCE for Windows Server 2008) and so I need to build a rig to practice on. I haven't built a PC for 10 years, so I need some advice. The main use of this is for...
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- Nov 10, 2009
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- Forum: Motherboards

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