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So I started to layout the changes required for the new NEI Intranet this morning.  A couple of things came to mind and were quickly shot down.

During this planning and organizing session one thing came to the top:  The new site would need to be compatible with both Internet Explorer 8+ and Safari (because of the widespread use of iPhones and iPads at the office).

This brought me the realization that my laptop, which is currently running Ubuntu Linux, really couldn’t be used to test the new code because I can’t use IE or Safari on Linux.

So, very shortly now, I’m going to back up my work to date and load Windows 7 on my laptop.  That way I can load both IE and Safari along with my favorite Windows editor (notepad++) and use Putty to access the code on the development server.  (I’m toying with the idea of using WAMP on the laptop instead, but that’ll come later.)

I know, I could use VMware or VirtualBox.  But this machine barely has enough resources to run Ubuntu or Windows 7 alone.  I think having even a small virtual machine for just testing would be enough to break its back.