Re: Using a Howitzer to swat a fly

[Fargo Holiday <fargo@rpgportland.com>]

Wade Maxfield wrote:
> > From: Fargo Holiday <fargo@rpgportland.com> wrote
> > <snip>
> > I admit my solution isn't easy, but keeping images of an entire
> > partition to switch between just to switch versions of a program strikes
> > me as sort of like using a howitzer on a housefly. Effective, yes, but
> > perhaps just a tad overkill for the task.
> <snip>
>
>   If you use Windows, aka Bill's "I'm a PC" Howitzer, anything that keeps
> the wheels under the PC is acceptable. <grin>
>
>   I've reinstalled windows countless times to keep the wheels on the
> machine.
>
>   My favorite howitzer is now vmware fusion or workstation 6.x.  It saved me
> about 2 days of configuration time when my machine went belly up (hard drive
> failure).  I put down a new machine, copied the virtual machine onto my hd
> and was back in business in about 15 minutes.  I gladly put up with a
> slightly slower machine for that benefit.
>
>   I've tried BB guns, dart guns, even pistols, but the PC viruses were not
> even mildly bothered.
>
> wade
I don't believe I said anything about various backup schemes not being 
beneficial or useful, but rather indicated that keeping multiple booting 
partitions around just for the sake of switching between two versions of 
a program seemed excessive. Recovering from a failure or deeply infested 
machine with a backup is what backups are for.
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