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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James Mcintosh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 28 June 2012 10:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Single Windoze virtual desktop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Hi Noggers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I use a Mac daily as my desktop and have been "clean" of Windoze for several years. However a couple of apps I need to run are Win only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">I'm looking for a hosted Win7 virtual desktop (hosted in Australia). I know I can run Parallels or VMware on my my Mac etc. but my preference is for something hosted out of a data centre
for these particular apps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Anyone know of any reputable Australian hosted virtual desktops providers who are willing to sell just a single desktop instance?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">-James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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