DrQ
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Being a Linux-head, I have had to brush up my Windows skills. My last environments were Windows 7/Windows 2008 based.
At one point (6 years ago) I was going build a liquid cooled tower with a huge multicore processor, but I bought an I7 quad core Mac book with 16 GB of RAM instead which had enough power to run Fusion for limited VM's.
Well I decided I needed to take the plunge and set up a Windows 10 Pro machine. I looked through my servers and the tech was at least 8 years old and I really needed to up the horsepower of the HW to support Win 10. I know you can shoehorn it down into lesser H/W, but I have usually experienced performance issues.
Enter the NUC (Next Unit of Computing). I bought an Intel I7 hex core with 64 GB of RAM with 1 TB of SSD. It came with a Windows 10 Pro License. All of this fits into a 4.4" x 4.6" x 2" cube! I tied it into the TV as a display with an HMDI connector, but I configured it to run Remote Desktop (RDP) from Mac, so I rarely use the TV as a display, but I can.
I loaded VMWare Workstation Pro on it to move my VM's from my Mac.
If you want to replace a desktop, it will support up to three monitors with a lightning connector.
All in all, it is pretty sweet. If you are looking for a "portable" computer to move between houses, you might want to look into a NUC.
At one point (6 years ago) I was going build a liquid cooled tower with a huge multicore processor, but I bought an I7 quad core Mac book with 16 GB of RAM instead which had enough power to run Fusion for limited VM's.
Well I decided I needed to take the plunge and set up a Windows 10 Pro machine. I looked through my servers and the tech was at least 8 years old and I really needed to up the horsepower of the HW to support Win 10. I know you can shoehorn it down into lesser H/W, but I have usually experienced performance issues.
Enter the NUC (Next Unit of Computing). I bought an Intel I7 hex core with 64 GB of RAM with 1 TB of SSD. It came with a Windows 10 Pro License. All of this fits into a 4.4" x 4.6" x 2" cube! I tied it into the TV as a display with an HMDI connector, but I configured it to run Remote Desktop (RDP) from Mac, so I rarely use the TV as a display, but I can.
I loaded VMWare Workstation Pro on it to move my VM's from my Mac.
If you want to replace a desktop, it will support up to three monitors with a lightning connector.
All in all, it is pretty sweet. If you are looking for a "portable" computer to move between houses, you might want to look into a NUC.