On Friday, 9 June 2017 10:08:31 AM AEST cory seligman wrote:
Why do you need it running natively? A VM is usually much easier for such things. If you are worried about performance then keep in mind that a VM on new hardware will often outperform running natively on old hardware.
I've considered that. It runs fine in a VM except the required USB devices aren't always picked up by the VM and passed through. It also needs to be managed remotely (China) with no network (phone/email instructions) or be sent back for debugging.
USB and VMs is problemmatic. Best to run natively.
It's a microcontroller mass production programming system that previously ran on 2009 era hardware and has been put into a VM when the hardware went missing.
OK, so you don't need the best handling of ACPI, ExpressCard, etc. That's good.
Laptops are particularly difficult in regard to such things as their hardware changes faster than desktops and servers. Why does this have to be a laptop?
It's easier to send a laptop to the production house in China. They don't need to provide a screen or keyboard
Fair point.
All I need is basic video and USB. Don't even actually need networking.
There's a good chance that it will just do what you want then. Why not try it?
Mostly didn't want to take the risk of buying some new hardware and finding out it was a waste of money.
Thanks for the advice. I've bought one of these, because it's bonkers cheap.
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