Solved Pros and Cons between....

[t-4-2]

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

t-4-2

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

 

[Calico]

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]

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.

t-4-2

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

 

[Kebero]

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