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Following up my recent LDNUG presentation of Windows Vista and the .NET 3.0 Framework, here is a screenshot tour of my installation journey with Windows Vista on Virtual PC 2007.
Prerequisites

Virtual PC 2007 (free download)
A healthy amount of RAM (I have 1GB, it ran fine once I turned off some services like SqlServer and IIS. [...]

I received the following email yesterday:
I had never really considered you a hardcore Microsoft-basher, but reading your blog lately (and the sidebar links) have convinced me otherwise.

- Naive Stephen

I was taken aback at first, but after reviewing my recent publications and and a little soul searching, I decided there was some truth to Stephen’s accusation.
Way [...]

I’ve been in a sharing mood lately. Continuing that theme…here are some more of my favorite things:
Apple

Headdress
Allows you to host multiple sites on your local machine. It’s basically a GUI Apache config file editor. It also plays nice with MAMP.
TextMate
My current text editor of choice for PHP, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. [...]

A new MSDN Event has been announced. Three sessions are listed as the topics for the event:

Session 1: Take Control of the Database Development Lifecycle with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
Session 2: Windows Workflow Foundation Exposed
Session 3: Create Cutting-Edge Web Designs with Expression Web

Also, notable: Rory Blyth is listed as a presenter. [...]

Free pizza, soft drinks and .NET! It’s not Geek Meet, but it’s close! All we need now is a our own Flickr photo group. (Eat your heart out Rob)

This month’s LDNUG meeting will take place on September 19th at 7pm at 5808 4th St. (INCODE) - Lubbock, TX. I will be presenting. [...]

I will be attending the upcoming MSDN Event, Get Connected with the .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio® 2005 (and Beyond). This event is occuring in about 50 locations across the United States; I’ll be attending in Dallas on 8/17.
Details:

Session 1: Exploring the System.Net Namespace in the .NET Framework 2.0
Session 2: Windows Communication Foundation [...]

ASP.NET guru Wally McClure is considering the purchase of a Mac. What’s next? Could the .NET Framework for the Intel Mac be far away? (Yes, I know about Mono) Steve Ballmer with an iPod? Maybe hell is about to freeze over?!?!
More info about switching
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