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Microsoft Virtualization launch

Mark your calendars, September 8th in Bellevue, WA. If you are in the area, don't miss this opportunity! Microsoft will launch "Microsoft Virtualization". While others build pieces of the puzzle, Microsoft is able to provide the whole picture...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2008 12:44 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Microsoft, 64-bit, Hyper-V, Windows Server Virtualization

Windows, Memory and the limits to it

First of all, no matter how much memory you put into your system, it ain't enough. And this is true for all or at least most of the operating systems. Earlier this week Mark Russinovich wrote a blog post about "Pushing the Limits of Windows:...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 5:02 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Application Compatibility, Microsoft, Virtualization, 64-bit, Resources, Developer, Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008, Windows HPC Server 2008, Essential Business Server

Executing 32-bit Application in 64-bit

Back on May 1st, 2004 I posted about 32-bit apps on 64-bit Windows and added some links to the post. Today, Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:02 PM, Jim left the comment "It would be nice if the links to the references were valid." Well, I would...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2008 4:28 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: 64-bit

The 64-bit Tipping Point

Intel recently (re-) published a somewhat old document from the 2004's, " The 64-bit Tipping Point ". It has been slightly updated and is definitely worth reading if you are still considering to move to a 64-bit application model. The document...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2008 10:24 AM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: 64-bit, x64, Intel, Windows

What is Windows Server 2008 like anyways?

You don't want to miss the new serverunleashed.com . When I saw the internal announcement I thought: "Well, a robot. Ok, so what's new?" I was about to *** about it. Good I waited. Pretty agile boy the new Windows Server 2008. Best thing...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2008 7:11 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: 64-bit, Windows Server 2008

Installing Vista on a MacBook Air

Unable to resist I got myself a shiny, slim new MacBook Air (MBA). While I am used to Mac OS X, I wanted it to run Vista so I can also take it to work. My MBA has a 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and a 64GB solid state drive and I bought a SuperDrive . Here's...

Published Sun, Feb 02 2008 1:57 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, 64-bit, Mac, 64-bit for Users, MacBook Air

Virtualization Starter

TechRepublic published an article about the" 10 things you should know about virtualization." If you are new to the whole virtualization thing, it will certainly get you started. The author, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, is right, "Virtualization...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2008 3:51 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Viridian, Virtual Server, Virtualization, 64-bit, Windows Server 2008

What have Visual Studio and Barcelona in common?

On one of our internal HPC aliases an evangelist from Japan asked whether Visual Studio 2008 (VS) can optimize code for Barcelona. Barcelona as in the AMD processor, not the beautiful city of Gaudi in Catalonia, Spain. Important question especially for...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2008 12:38 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: HPC, 64-bit

Inside Intel's Silverthorne ultramobile CPU

ars technica published an excellent summary of the features and capabilities of the new Intel ultramobile CPU. While tiny in size, it is a full blown 64-bit processor.

Published Wed, Feb 02 2008 11:49 AM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: 64-bit

64-bit - Coming to your Home/Office/Desktop/Server soon

I have it already you might say. But are you leveraging the 64-bit power by running a native 64-bit OS? Probably on a server but not on a workstation yet. Be it as it may. InformationWeek has a nice article titled "With Latest Server, Microsoft Rides...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 4:29 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Microsoft, 64-bit, 64-bit for Users

64-bit Content on HPC Portal

So, I've finished uploading the missing 3 64-bit Insider newsletter onto the windowshpc.net portal. All 15 newsletters are now available via this link.

Published Mon, Jan 01 2008 6:48 PM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: HPC, CCS, 64-bit

64-Bit Insider Newsletter

Oh no, 64-bit again. Please, leave me alone. ... Can't do that. While the Microsoft evangelism team does not evangelize 64-bit directly anymore (there's no program or alike), we ( and I in particular ) continue to receive a lot of questions on...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2008 11:19 AM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: HPC, CCS, 64-bit, Insider

Microsoft Hypervisor only on 64-bit

Looks like there is some confusion about our Hyper-V product. The Microsoft Hypervisor is called Hyper-V (as announced today). It will only be available for 64-bit SKUs of Windows Server 2008. Also the Hyper-V standalone SKU is only available for 64-bit...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2007 11:59 AM by VolkerW's WebLog

Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, 64-bit

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