Patent ID: 7457944

Claim:
A method comprising: allocating a processing resource of a plurality of processing resources, said allocating comprising displaying a list of said processing resources on a display device, wherein said display device is coupled to a processor configured to effect said allocating, and each of said processing resources comprises at least one of a hardware component and a software component, accepting a signal from a user input device, wherein said signal selects a selected processing resource and indicates a configuration of at least a portion of said selected processing resource, and said user input device is coupled to said processor, configuring said selected processing resource in accordance with said indication of said configuration, specifying a specified type of operating system for use in said computing environment by accepting a first signal from said user input device, specifying a specified type of processor for use within said computing environment by accepting a second signal from said user input device, activating said specified type of operating system to execute in said computing environment, and activating said specified type of processor to execute in said computing environment; displaying a graphical user interface using said display device; and creating a computing environment using said graphical user interface, wherein said creating comprises said allocating.