Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 10:08 AM EDT |
W7 in a VM is nice and safely contained.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 10:10 AM EDT |
It's more like I'll wash a wound with alcohol, but I won't drink it.
Running dangerous and suspect programs in a VM give you one more layer of
protection. If it goes rogue then it has to first escape the VM to harm your
system.
How many people take a close look at what's actually in the package that they
have downloaded? Can you really trust someone who gives you mono?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 12:17 PM EDT |
Setting up a virtual quarantine is far better than infecting a system with Mono,
the disease only Miguel can love.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: daveg on Wednesday, September 26 2012 @ 12:52 PM EDT |
Looks like other commentors covered this quite well
before I got back here.
To answer, yes, I think that running Win7 in a VM is
better than
installing mono on my laptop. I can isolate it
better, so to speak, and I own
the laptop.
Depending on the contract, I have on
occasion needed Windows for
other uses as well (one idiotic
web
console that would only work correctly
with IE, for
instance). I don't get to pick the contracts; I work where
the
company sends me. Win7 in a VM is the best
solution from my
standpoint.
--
daveg, who won't type anything after his name
this
time....
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