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t-4-2 · May 23, 2012

Would like to know the pros and cons between....

Dual boot- win 7 and Win 8
and
Virtual machine - Win 7 as host, Win 8 as guest

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P.S. Please spare the feeble mind from too many technicals....

Calico · May 23, 2012

Depending upon your hardware, performance may be an issue, however, I'd say the main consideration is what you want to achieve. If you're main interest is in seeing how Windows 8 works, a VM should suffice. If, on the other hand, you want to see whether Windows 8 will work correctly with all of your existing hardware and drivers, you need to run the OS on your 'real' system, otherwise Windows 8 will only see the visualised environment.

t-4-2 · May 23, 2012

Calico said:
Depending upon your hardware, performance may be an issue, however, I'd say the main consideration is what you want to achieve. If you're main interest is in seeing how Windows 8 works, a VM should suffice. If, on the other hand, you want to see whether Windows 8 will work correctly with all of your existing hardware and drivers, you need to run the OS on your 'real' system, otherwise Windows 8 will only see the visualised environment.

Thank you. I think I'll stay with my VMware for now.

That led me to this question...... Why are Netframeworks not even offered in Windows Updates in Win 8 ?
I found this out only when I attempted to install You-tube to MP3 converter, and upon installing, I was interrupted and told to install Netframe works first. So, I had to install 3.5 which includes 2.0 etc.

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editing.... I meant to say... netframe work 4.5

Kebero · May 29, 2012

You can boot Windows 8 from a VHD file. Look up "native VHD boot" on either Bing or Google.

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