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From: MNMikeW on 6 Aug 2010 09:18 "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:4c5b4932$0$4833$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:26:37 -0500, MNMikeW wrote: >> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:4c59f952$0$4966$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... >>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:55:16 -0400, BAR wrote: >>>> In article <clark-F0673C.14280304082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- >>>> state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... >>>>> >>>>> Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as >>>>> well and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of being >>>>> able to go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how the Macs >>>>> are making inroads into the science and engineering student market, >>>>> where so many essential apps used to be PC only. The kids love >>>>> them, and they are so much less demanding of technician time than >>>>> PCs. >>>> >>>> Get VMWare and run everything. >>> >>> VMWare's market is disappearing thanks to KVM and various other less >>> expensive or free virtualization solutions. >> >> Perhaps in the desktop market. ESX is the only way to really run >> enterprise servers. > > Not really. Where I work we have hundreds of servers running under > VMWare. We're not really big fans of $$$ support contracts that we'll > never use. We are testing with Linux-based VMs right now. VMWare's > marketshare goes into freefall as soon as companies realize there are > alternatives which are orders of magnitude less expensive. Same here. Also setting up a Hyper-V solution to try out. We don't do a lot of Linux yet, mostly Windows. Yes it may be true for VMware with all the virtualization and cloud computing all the rage now, others are getting into the fray.
From: R&B on 6 Aug 2010 16:02 On 2010-08-05 20:40:06 -0400, Lloyd Parsons said: > In article <alangbaker-394DBB.17283605082010(a)news.shawcable.com>, > Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > >> In article <2010080519374130078-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom>, >> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>> Of course technology can't quite replace TALENT. But in some cases, it >>>>>>> can come pretty darn close. Just turn on the radio for all the proof >>>>>>> you need. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Randy >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks to both of you for this info. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not particularly good at playing the organ, but I play good enough >>>>>> for me to enjoy it. I will admit to using the 'automatics' on mine >>>>>> quite a bit though. They fit right in with the older music I prefer to >>>>>> play. >>>>> >>>>> Well, if you can play the organ, then all you need is a little $100 >>>>> MIDI keyboard (which you can pick up at any Guitar Center), plug it >>>>> into your Mac, and you can make music in GuitarBand. >>>>> >>>>> Randy >>>> >>>> Got one and have fiddled around with GarageBand but just never got the >>>> whole loop based thing. >>>> >>>> As to organs, I have 4, 3 of which actually work and one which is >>>> decorating the garage... :) >>> >>> Loops are just pre-produced grooves you can add (or not add). >>> >>> For the musically challenged, they come in handy. >>> >>> For someone who can actually play, I suppose they're another color on >>> the palette, but you'd probably find yourself more inclined to create >>> your own. >>> >>> Just a guess. >> >> What's useful about them even for experienced musicians is that it lets >> you quickly create the parts of the music that are less important to the >> the musician in question. In short, you can build yourself a basic >> rhythm section on top of which you can build a song and then you can go >> back and replace the basic looped rhythm with something better later. > > Yeah, but they don't do much for "Down by the Old Mill Stream", do they? Only if you're layin' down the tracks for the hip-hop version. Or the techno version. Randy
From: Howard Brazee on 6 Aug 2010 17:59 I have some complex Excel spreadsheets that work my golf stats and handicap calculations. The next version of Microsoft Office for Mac is supposed to run VB macros. I will buy it so I don't need to run them under Parallels. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Carbon on 6 Aug 2010 21:21 On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:54:51 -0400, BAR wrote: > In article <8c000uF16iU1(a)mid.individual.net>, MNMiikkew(a)aol.com > says... >> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:4c59f952$0$4966$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... >>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:55:16 -0400, BAR wrote: >>>> In article <clark-F0673C.14280304082010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- >>>> state.edu>, clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says... >>>> >>>>> Yes, just run Parallels or Boot Camp, and you can run Windows as >>>>> well and fast as on a PC, and you have the blissful relief of >>>>> being able to go back to OS X for sanity. It is amazing now how >>>>> the Macs are making inroads into the science and engineering >>>>> student market, where so many essential apps used to be PC only. >>>>> The kids love them, and they are so much less demanding of >>>>> technician time than PCs. >>>> >>>> Get VMWare and run everything. >>> >>> VMWare's market is disappearing thanks to KVM and various other less >>> expensive or free virtualization solutions. >> >> Perhaps in the desktop market. ESX is the only way to really run >> enterprise servers. > > Oh, I forgot Carbon is an expert in everything. VM is on the radar, specifically ways to reduce its cost. It is my job to investigate such things.
From: Carbon on 6 Aug 2010 23:02
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:27:25 -0700, dene wrote: > Me too. My first one, with a dot matrix printer, and vga screen was a > 286/10. Around 1990, I paid 3k for it. My first was a Datatrain 286/12, some sort of early PC clone. I even paid $50 to upgrade the memory from 640k to 1 mb. This wasn't to have it installed--it was for the computer dude to drop them into my palm so I could go home and try to figure out where they went on the motherboard. Such things were less obvious in those pre-simm/pre-dimm days. > The only problem I've had is an HD crash (years ago) and Windows > Millenium Edition. I think it was Randy who finally got through to me > that it was a bonafide POS, hence the upgrade to Win. 2000, which I have > to this day. I have Windows 7 running in a VM on my PC and it's pretty decent (for Windows). The security is less obtrusive than Vista, yet it's all shiny and polished. If you don't have the balls for Linux, then I sort of endorse 64-bit Windows 7. I hope I didn't overwhelm you with my enthusiasm. |