Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
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Category Archives: laptop
Installing ESXi on a Laptop
Posted by on February 24, 2010
Following on from my recent blog posts about the various ways to configure ML115 G5 servers to run ESX, I thought I would do some further experimenting on some older hardware that I have. I have a Dell D620 laptop with dual-core CPU and 4Gb of RAM which is now no longer my day-day [...]
Problems with HP EliteBook and built-in un2400 3G Modem
Posted by on February 11, 2010
I recently got a new laptop, an HP EliteBook 8530p; it’s quite a powerful machine and importantly for me has 8Gb of RAM and dual HDD’s which is very useful for the increasing number of VMs I have to carry around and run. Rather usefully it comes with a built in HP un2400 3G [...]
Upgrading to a new PC in stages using VMware Converter
Posted by on February 8, 2010
If like me you travel around a lot and are pretty busy finding the time to get a new laptop setup with all of the data and non-standard build software you require can be a time-consuming chore. More often than not you will be upgrading to a new more powerful machine with larger disks [...]
