[SGVLUG] Windows 8 in VirtualBox?

[Dan Buthusiem]

I'm using 64. One of my machines has 16 GB of ram. I figure it's fathomable
I could need more than 4 GB of ram for it, plus it gives you flexibility
should you decide to run it on its own dedicated machine someday.
On Nov 17, 2012 3:10 PM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:07:15 -0800, Dan Buthusiem
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> > Win7 works well for me. If you get Win7 Pro, it can run a free XP VM in
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> MS
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> > VirtualPC. I managed to transplant the XP into its own vm in vbox. I
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> > to avoid Win8 as the second coming of Vista.
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> 32 or 64-bit?  Does it matter?  My Ubuntu host is 64-bit.
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> > On Nov 17, 2012 2:49 PM, "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock at braddock.com>
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> >> Hi folks,
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> >> I want to buy(!) and run either Windows 7 or Windows 8 OEM in
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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
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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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