Comments on: Update for Virtual PC 2007 SP1 available http://www.joyofsetup.com/2009/02/27/update-for-virtual-pc-2007-sp1-available/ Bob Arnson on setup and servicing with WiX and MSI Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:35:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Painter http://www.joyofsetup.com/2009/02/27/update-for-virtual-pc-2007-sp1-available/comment-page-1/#comment-7381 Christopher Painter Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.joyofsetup.com/2009/02/27/update-for-virtual-pc-2007-sp1-available/#comment-7381 Heh, I've long argued that minor upgrades and patching was a PITA and that major upgrades rock. When in my user/sysadmin role I much prefer rollup packages that supersede previous releases. It just makes it easier to keep track of and deploy. Huge case in point... Visual Studio 2005/2008 SP1. It kills me to have to install visual studio and then spend twice the amount of time to patch it up. Eitherway, I don't use VirtualPC or VirtualServer anymore. Hyper-V on a standalone Q6600 with 8GB of RAM and 4 SATA-II drives in RAID rocks. This frees up the resources on my development laptop. With vista and the remote hyper-mmc snapin and dual monitors this makes a pretty seamless and high performance system without breaking the bank. Heh, I’ve long argued that minor upgrades and patching was a PITA and that major upgrades rock.

When in my user/sysadmin role I much prefer rollup packages that supersede previous releases. It just makes it easier to keep track of and deploy.

Huge case in point… Visual Studio 2005/2008 SP1. It kills me to have to install visual studio and then spend twice the amount of time to patch it up.

Eitherway, I don’t use VirtualPC or VirtualServer anymore. Hyper-V on a standalone Q6600 with 8GB of RAM and 4 SATA-II drives in RAID rocks.

This frees up the resources on my development laptop. With vista and the remote hyper-mmc snapin and dual monitors this makes a pretty seamless and high performance system without breaking the bank.

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