I had some issues with Windows 7 and a piece of software. Nothing big, but it reminded me that this is beta software, and I'm not sure the host OS on my new desktop should be beta software. I'd started with Windows 2008 R2, but forgot the password, and moved to Windows 7. Now after a few issues, I've decided that it makes more sense to have a stable OS for the base.
So I'm downloading Windows 2008 with SP2 slipstreamed in there from Microsoft. This should give me a supported, stable OS for the lifetime of the machine, the next 4-5 years, and with both Hyper-V and Virtual Box running on the machine I ought to be able to test things and keep a stable environment.
My first thought is to get a Windows 7 guest on Virtual Box and use that as my primary desktop with mail, browsing, and iTunes. Beyond that I'll have see what comes up. Definitely I'll need a couple VMs as well for SQL Server instances.
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