windows 7 Certs / Lab

I have a spare computer that has windows 7 on it, and i have a spare computer that has windows XP on it, i would like to turn the spare 7 into some kind of lab to practice for my 680 exam.. i dont know how much more ram it could take so i am not sure if a VMware solution would work.. i might need to look into that..
- i dont have alot of computer to build a new system..

What do i need / how should i setup a lab?? any suggestions and tips

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Bokeh

Well you could take the XP machine and go to crucial.com and run their memory configuration. It will tell you how much memory the motherboard will support.

Psoasman

You could also look up the motherboard manual. That will also give you the specs you need. As far as a lab goes, Oracle's virtual box is pretty nice and it's free. I just got done loading my second DC for my lab. My lab PC has only 4GB of RAM, but I can run the 2 DC's and a client fairly well.

JoshD779

I second Virtual Box. Free and easy to set up. I've got lots of VMs installed running a variety of OSs. Though my system has 16 GB RAM, you certainly don't need that much to run a few VMs.