Depending on his personal skill the VM is a good option. However he may or
may not be willing to work with the learning curve.
Note win 7 is not the option it used to be with it be EOL. So win 8 or 10
will be a requirement.
On Apr 18, 2016 11:38 PM, "Wayne D" <
waydavis@centurylink.net> wrote:
The EXISTING scenario: Win 7 machine with stability issues that are most
likely due to a combination of gremlins that this user attracts like dust
to a mop over a period of 6 to 9 months of use. Data corruption is a
possibility, Virii and other nasties are most likely lurking as well. I
suspect MUCH of it has been a result of internet activity.
It's a 4 core machine and the user is not happy with the speed AND has
complained of heat issues. This machine is VERY important. He makes his
living using apps on this machine. Downtime must be kept to a absolute
minimum. Apps are 50% Web based and 50% local WINDOWS ONLY software.
MY solution: Build a a new HYBRID machine that hardware for hardware is a
updated clone of my own primary machine. Based on LinuxMINT 17.3 Cinnamon
and run win10 inside a VM for those apps that require it and run chrome or
Firefox for the web based stuff from the Linux side.. Backups via
clonezilla and copies of the vm file.
Alternate is to run pure win10 with ACRONIS for backup.
The new machine will consist of:
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 8 x SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0
ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS (MILITARY GRADE MB)
16Gb (4x4) G.SKILL Sniper Series 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
AMD FX-8370 Black Edition 8 Core CPU Processor AM3+ 4300Mhz 125W 16MB
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD BOOT DRIVE
WD Black 7200 Rpm 1TB DATA drive
Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition VN40006W2N No PS Mid Tower Case
LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter WH14NS40
Antec Earthwatts 650W ATX12V/EPS12V 650 Energy Star Certified Power Supply
EA-650 Platinum
VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 3M (2x HDMI, miniDP) Graphics Card -
900574
3 - Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fans
Thermaltake NiC C5 cpu cooler with 2 push-pull 120mm fans 99 cfm
THE QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU: DOES THIS SEEM A VIABLE SOLUTION to YOU?
Thanks for your replies.
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