I used the vmware converter to p2v a work machine so I could instead run linux on it. Worked great. On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com>wrote: > > I'd honestly go with a new install and configure my VirtualMachine and > host > > machine to share the documents, desktop, and other folders in whatever > > method is supported by the virtualization software so that my documents > and > > important files always stay on the host machine instead of only being > > available to the Virtual Machine or by mounting the virtual machine disk > > image. > > That's my preference too, however it's always a hassle trying to find > Windows installation media. > > Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I probably will be holding off > until spring now before buying a new machine, but I'll follow up then > on the thread to let you know how it goes. > > -Erik > > -- > Erik K. Mitchell > erik.mitchell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Ben Lutgens Linux / Unix System Administrator Three of your friends throw up after eating chicken salad. Do you think: "I should find more robust friends" or "we should check that refrigerator"? -- Donald Becker, on vortex-bug, suspecting a network-wide problem -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20121203/14a72c67/attachment.html>