Curious, with the growing use of virtual machines how many of you are running or considering running a dedicated computer to house your virtual machines? I've been thinking about it, mostly as a learning experience but it would be nice to have a second computer as I bounce around supporting projects. My laptop is a powerhouse so it handle's multiple VM's just fine, it's more of a hassle as I review and assist on projects the constant changing of networks, reloading VMs...etc.
So I was thinking of a small footprint setup, the Apple Mac Mini in particular. I just saw a youtube video showing VMWare fusion running on a Mac which was running a VM of Windows 8, which in-turn was setup for Hyper-V running another VM. So you can do nested VMs. I think this would be great as I use VMWare all the time maintaining my current needs and I would get the benefit of working with Hyper-V so I can learn it.
Curious about everyone's approach, however I think I'm probably in the minority with my thinking?
I think the Mac Mini with an i7 processor, 16GB of ram and that fusion drive would be a pretty decent setup for what I'm looking to do.
Thoughts?
So I was thinking of a small footprint setup, the Apple Mac Mini in particular. I just saw a youtube video showing VMWare fusion running on a Mac which was running a VM of Windows 8, which in-turn was setup for Hyper-V running another VM. So you can do nested VMs. I think this would be great as I use VMWare all the time maintaining my current needs and I would get the benefit of working with Hyper-V so I can learn it.
Curious about everyone's approach, however I think I'm probably in the minority with my thinking?
I think the Mac Mini with an i7 processor, 16GB of ram and that fusion drive would be a pretty decent setup for what I'm looking to do.
Thoughts?