[Nottingham] Buying advice sought

[john.whitehead at romo.com]

> ----- Message from Jason Irwin on Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:58:11 +0000 -----
> 
> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> 
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] Buying advice sought
> 
> On 06/02/13 12:26, Martin wrote:
> >> I boot into Linux 99% of the time but there are occasions when I need 
to use
> >> Windows for example updating my satnav so I need to boot off of two 
separate
> >> hard drives (as I do at the moment).
> > We've got a virtual machine expert in the group to solve such woes ;-)
> I think John only gets the digest - you could ask him tonight Graham, if 

> you can make the meeting.
> 

I tried to register my personal email address as I now get my email on my 
phone but it hasn't worked. Anyway I'll be around tonight (hopefully early 
enough to grab some food), so feel free to pick my brains.

John

> Also consider PlayOnLinux (a wrapper for WINE) as that might be better 
> than a full VM (USB can be a pain in the neck).  You can see if your 
> SatNav or other software is supported (P.O.L. will let you manage 
> multiple WINE versions if needs be).  http://appdb.winehq.org/
> The SatNav may even have an unnofficial GNU/Linux client.
> 
> > For a 'desktop' system, we are all 64bit now (32bit is sooo last 
decade
> > ;-) ) and 4GB+ RAM and SSD.
> Deffo SSD, maybe a spinning platter for audio data?  Dunno how big they 
> get or what the budget is.
> 
> J.
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