[SGVLUG] Windows 8 in VirtualBox?

[Braddock Gaskill]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:07:15 -0800, Dan Buthusiem
<dan.buthusiem at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Win7 works well for me. If you get Win7 Pro, it can run a free XP VM in
MS
> VirtualPC. I managed to transplant the XP into its own vm in vbox. I
intend
> to avoid Win8 as the second coming of Vista.

32 or 64-bit?  Does it matter?  My Ubuntu host is 64-bit.


> On Nov 17, 2012 2:49 PM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com>
wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
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>> I want to buy(!) and run either Windows 7 or Windows 8 OEM in
VirtualBox
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>> on top of Ubuntu, to replace my aging XP VM image.
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>> I can't find much on how Windows 8 performance and stability compares
to
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>> Windows 7 in VirtualBox.  Does anyone have any experience with either?
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>> thanks,
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>> braddock
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