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Losing the Windows Network Client

Recently following an unrelated upgrade to my VirtualBox client, one of my host VM’s started exhibiting unusual behavior. While it was possible to retrieve directory listings from a UNC path, any attempt to map a drive would result in a standard although somewhat generic error message. Read Losing the Windows Network Client >>

Installing VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a desktop virtualization product that allows you to run multiple operating systems on a single PC without rebooting. It is very similar to VMware but the licensing model is somewhat different. In addition to providing an Open Source Edition (OSE) with native installers for Windows and OS X, there is excellent support for Linux hosts. In my environment with Ubuntu 7.04, this is what I ended up doing to get this installed.

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Pocket Workstations

The PC is emerging as a cheap fixed-price machine that is tending towards $100 or less. As such, there will be computers everywhere and they will be really cheap to upgrade and replace. While this is certainly going to drive the convergence market (IPTV, PVR, gaming console, etc.), it will make consumers think differently about computers.

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Virtual Computing Paradigm Shift

According to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a chip should at least double every 18 months. We have gone in a very brief time from a few thousand transistors to over a billion on a single CPU. This has created some amazing new desktop and server technologies. We can pickup a very capable workstation machine for only a few hundred dollars. This same technology was virtually nonexistant 10 years ago and cost thousands of dollars only a few years ago.

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