Dr Jekell

For anyone looking for a basic PC have a look at off lease PC’s.

Most of the PC’s will be business class PC so even if they are several years old they still have several years more life left in them.

Did you adjust the resources given to the VM?

I know with Oracle Virtualbox it defaults to like 1 processor core and 500mb of ram for a VM.

Using a VM is being suggested as it is:

• Relatively easy to set up.
• Gives the user a full Windows OS which simplifies software installation.
• Allows for snapshot backups to be taken of the install meaning if something breaks you just roll back to a previous snapshot.
• The VM can have the internet disabled meaning no auto updates to the software or OS.
• Easy to remove the VM and virtualization software at a later date if required.
• The VM (or another) can be used to run other Windows only software.

Unfortunately Apple seems to be actively working to make sure that the only way an iPod can be loaded with music is by using iTunes which is only supported on Mac or Windows.

You have a few of options on how to move forward:

1: Make a Windows virtual machine, install iTunes onto it and pass the iPod though to the VM.

2: Install Rockbox (if able) onto the device to enable it to act as a USB mass storage device allowing drag n drop loading of music.

3: Sell the iPod and get one of the many different digital audio players available on the market as most are OS agnostic (they show up as a USB mass storage device) and most use MicroSD cards to store the music meaning you can move the card to a new player as you upgrade later (so you are not locked to one vendor).

Most likely rolling it out to a “small” segment of the user base to find any edge case issues before rolling it out to everyone.

Most likely rolling it out to a “small” segment of the user base to find any edge case issues before rolling it out to everyone.