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By tone1 on
I have a Dell XPS, running Windows XP Media Center Edition.
Is it possible for me to use Drupal?
Can I load up Drupal, MySql, and PHP on my Laptop and build on it, then move it to my server?
I guess I should have asked this first.
Thanks,
Tone1
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Setting up a development environment will be a good start for your first read.
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Coming from some one who worked for Microsoft and Dell, and loves Drupal - I would stay away from running Drupal on Microsoft. I have it working for a client of mine, but it was an absolute pain, partly because of the way Microsoft works. If this is your first Drupal installation, start on a Unix host for $10/month cheap hosting and save yourself time, frustration and money.
Good Luck!
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Running a development envirnonment on windows is a perfectly suitable solution.
Installing any of the othe available WAMP, LAMP, MAMP packages is quick easy and in less then an hour you can have a developement environment perfectly suited for running, and developing Drupal.
Follow the handbook page, It's what I've used to deploy multiple development environment on windows.
I've used WAMP and Apache2Triad with great success = no frustration, no lost time and no lost money.
Running a server environment on you local machine also gives you access to things you may not have on a $10 a month value host.
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My posts & comments are usually dripping with sarcasm.
If you ask nicely I'll give you a towel : )
Windows + Xampp + Drupal
As VeryMisunderstood points out, have a dev environment on windows is both suitable and easy to do. There are many *AMP packages that can be installed but I use Xampp in my Windows environment.
Download it and install it on your local computer. I wrote some basic instructions for setting it up with virtual hosts using Xampp. These are minimal instructions. For more information check the links provided above.
I just noticed that the instructions linked back to another one of your threads...