[SGVLUG] Windows 8 in VirtualBox?

[Matthew Campbell]

It depends on your application.  For the first few years I ran everything
64 bit but in the end realized I was just not using memory efficiently.
For most of my hosting I can not leverage a 64bit OS.

Matt
 On Nov 17, 2012 3:13 PM, "Dan Buthusiem" <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> 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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>> >> I want to buy(!) and run either Windows 7 or Windows 8 OEM in
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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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