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sir pball

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7. Why not virtualize?

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 09:33 AM

Sep 2013

Slap VirtualBox on there, or VMWare if you're feeling spendy, image your current drive, and Bob's your uncle. (Or, perish the thought, virtualize Linux...the Win kernel itself is good enough as a host and with modern hardware and plenty of RAM you shouldn't get a performance hit..)

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Woooo I have a new laptop [View all] Pool Hall Ace Sep 2013 OP

Depends. Is there some Windows-only software you want to run? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1

Hmmm no, probably not. Pool Hall Ace Sep 2013 #3

The only reason I run Windows is because there are programs I want to run that require it PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #6

Why not virtualize? sir pball Sep 2013 #7

You should learn Windows 8 ChromeFoundry Sep 2013 #2

Okay, I'll learn it. Pool Hall Ace Sep 2013 #4

One link whistler162 Sep 2013 #5

Like it... LOL n/t RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #8

There is always that slight chance... ChromeFoundry Sep 2013 #9

Yeah. RoccoR5955 Sep 2013 #10

Debian. n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #11

Oh, my brother uses Debian, and he likes it! Pool Hall Ace Sep 2013 #12

Mint/Ubuntu/Crunchbang PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #13