Oracle VM VirtualBox Working Well

CalBear

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I have a dual boot system Win7/Win8. The reason for dual boot is to be able to go back to many installed programs in Win7 in case there is a problem with Win8. So far (since Oct 26) there has been no need to do so.

Today I installed the latest version of Oracle VirtualBox in Win8 and its working well, internet, audio, etc. The really neat thing is that I could use my previous installed virtual WinXP by simply telling VirtualBox to use the original virtual hard disk file. It is set up with various old versions of IE and other browsers for website testing. Actually that is getting less important but it was really nice to not have to install a complete operating system with zillions of updates.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Dual Win 7-8 64-bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Studio XPS8100
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Dell 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    900GB and 1.5TB
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Internet Speed
    10 Mb/s down 1.5 Mb/s up
    Other Info
    I worked my up from a virtual machine, to a slow 32-bit celeron and now two monitors on my XPS8100. Works great!
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