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Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough?

Storage IO Blog

Dell Inspiron 660 i660, Virtual Server Diamond in the rough? During the 2013 post thanksgiving black friday shopping day, I did some on-line buying including a Dell Inspiron 660 i660 (5629BK) to be used as a physical machine (PM) or VMware host (among other things). Now technically I know, this is a workstation or desktop […].

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How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux

The Verge

percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. It won’t cost you a penny. Try Mint out.

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Inside our hybrid studio: GeekWire’s tech tips and tricks for the latest twist in virtual meetings

GeekWire

Computers: Our workhorse studio machine is a Dell Alienware Aurora R7 with 16 GB of memory, a 256GB solid state drive and a 2TB hard drive and NVIDIA graphics card, running Windows 10. It has a neat flexible base that lets you wind up the cord for storage. Microsoft Modern USB-C Speaker. We find it perfectly adequate.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 and.

Sean Daniel

Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 and Interaction with Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. I know I have talked before about Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 , and how it can help your Small Business with thin clients, old clients, seasonal employees and even reducing the number of machines in the office by getting one nice one.

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VMware vCloud Air Server StorageIOlab Test Drive with videos

Storage IO Blog

VMware vCloud Air provides a platform similar to those just mentioned among others for your applications and their underlying resource needs (compute, memory, storage, networking) to be fulfilled.

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Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) Overview Preview Review

Storage IO Blog

This is part one of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack providing an overview, preview and review. Read part two here that looks at my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). For those who are not aware, Azure Stack is a private on-premise extension of the Azure public cloud environment.

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Azure Stack TP3 Overview Preview Review Part II

Storage IO Blog

This is part two of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack with a focus on my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) including into a nested VMware vSphere ESXi environment. Read part one here that provides a general overview of Azure Stack.

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