Month: September 2020

I've recently set up 4 proxmox configurations and have had successful and mixed results virtualizing previous hardware installs. Virtualizing previous hardware installs means that I've taken an existing Windows computer and used a software tool to copy the drive in full and made a special file out of it that I then copied over to the proxmox server itself and converted to an file format that proxmox understands and then I imported that into a virtual machine configuration. After doing that I was successful at using proxmox to boot that and run it as if it were on the actual hardware. The conversion process takes a while and configuring it after it has booted also takes some time. Once done you'd remote desktop into it and use it as if…

I hear on podcasts like from Ask Noah that Lenovo laptops are killer. He really means that a specific model or two are killer. All the rest of them are pretty much junk. I don't recommend anyone purchase then. Over the years of supporting and fixing computers I have had a lot of experience with Lenovo laptops. Years and years ago they were pretty good products. These past few years have shown me that these are not good products, primarily due to poor craftmanship. It's as if they are trying to produce the worst product they can to get the most money out of the customer. The primary thing that I find at issue are in securing the hinges to the bottom or top bezel. Invariably the screws that hold…