

I've seen articles on how to create portable windows: Portable Windows, but does anyone have experience with this on a developer level? Does it provide the performance as if the OS was installed on the machine's disk (assuming a USB 3.0 SSD) ? Is the portable OS able to utilize the host machines full resources? How can I make this portable? So I can switch laptops, desktops, etc. MS SQL Server 2012 Local DB (and a dozen development databases)Īs you can imagine, it take a while to set up all this up and configure settings, options, etc.Android Studio (including JRE, Android SDKs, emulators, etc.).Here is a list of programs that I need to have (listed alphabetically): If it breaks down or I need to change my laptop, I have a lot of work to do - re-install apps, setup SDKs, copy files, etc. I have to carry this laptop everywhere with me.Īs a result, I am dependent on my laptop completely.

In addition, I use DropBox and SkyDrive to sync and share files.

Currently, I use one souped-up laptop that has all my programs and files installed and configured. I work frequently from home in addition to the office. I am a developer and use several applications, tools and programs on my Windows 8.1 machine.
