Any particular reason you don't use VM's? I have used them extensively over the years. Obviously at work, well over 6,000 VM's in our enterprise environment. But at home I've used them for years....to build labs, study new technologies, and just goof around. Set up domain controllers, SQL clusters, run preview releases of OS's, play with new linux distros, etc. I use VM's to capture screen shots and write documentation. I've used VM's to teach training classes.There's two kinds of people in the world. Those that use VMs and... everyone else.
I don't do VMs.
I just cannot imagine not making use of VM's. Curious why other people don't seem to like them.
Yeah, I don't have a system with a physical TPM chip, but my BeeLink mini PC and my desktop have mobo and cpu combos with firmware support and pass the system requirement checks no problem.
Typically, a high end raid card is going to provide a substantial amount of write back cache hopefully that is battery backed. So in the event that you lose power, the battery on the RAID card provides a sufficient amount of power for the RAID controller to commit everything to the physical disks themselves. High end raid cards usually offer more levels of raid support, like 0, 1, 5, 6,10, 50, etc. HIgh end raid cards also offer better performance than software RAID setups. The cards I am referring to often cost more than a lot of people spend on their entire computer. For example. Dell PERC H755 Adapter | Dell USA
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My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Beelink SEI8
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-8279u
- Motherboard
- AZW SEI
- Memory
- 32GB DDR4 2666Mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel Iris Plus 655
- Sound Card
- Intel SST
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Asus ProArt PA278QV
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 512GB NVMe
- PSU
- NA
- Case
- NA
- Cooling
- NA
- Keyboard
- NA
- Mouse
- NA
- Internet Speed
- 500/50
- Browser
- Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender
- Other Info
- Mini PC used for testing Windows 11.
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Ryzen 9 5900x
- Motherboard
- Asus Rog Strix X570-E Gaming
- Memory
- 64GB DDR4-3600
- Graphics card(s)
- EVGA GeForce 3080 FT3 Ultra
- Sound Card
- Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ. ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27” WQHD
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 2TB WD SN850 PCI-E Gen 4 NVMe
2TB Sandisk Ultra 2.5" SATA SSD
- PSU
- Seasonic Focus 850
- Case
- Fractal Meshify S2 in White
- Cooling
- Dark Rock Pro CPU cooler, 3 x 140mm case fans
- Mouse
- Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
- Keyboard
- Corsiar K65 RGB Lux
- Internet Speed
- 500/50
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Defender.
We should hang onto these pictures. They might pass for classics one day!
Grrr... Could have used it for a real OS like Windows 7! Well, maybe not. It was my old 8.1 key purchased directly from the Windoze Store along with the disc. My Windows 7 is still going strong on this unit. If Win 11 croaks I'll just switch to Linux. The irony is that I have a PC already that is Win 11 ready but it's a gaming rig and I'm really not much of a gamer. I built it because it was on my bucket list. I've built so many gaming rigs for other people. Never one complaint either. Must be doing something right. So, I just thought I'd build one for myself. One of those why does a man climb a mountain things. What I find hilarious is that when I tried to install Win 11 on my Win 11 ready rig it resulted in a complete Catastrophic System Failure. This, I think, was largely due to me choosing the "upgrade" feature instead of doing a fresh install. Man, what a disaster that turned out to be. Perhaps I'll try it again this winter. I'm a true blue masochist in a love/hate relationship with Windows. 
