Part 2: Microsoft silently preparing your PC for Win 10

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  1. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
       #161

    eatup said:
    whs said:
    W10 is slower than W8.1 on my system. They are both in VMware Player and maybe that distorts reality.
    why vmware? you could native boot w10 in a vhd[x] file container. It has the same effect as being in an isolated vm, but runs at native speed. I ain't never gonna install w8+ on a real partition again thanks to this feature.
    Do you have a link to a step by step? The only time I tried a VHD I think it didn't work right because it was from an XP installed on D: that saw its system partition as H:. Now that everything is on C: again I'd like to give it a go.

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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #162

    eatup said:
    whs said:
    W10 is slower than W8.1 on my system. They are both in VMware Player and maybe that distorts reality.
    why vmware? you could native boot w10 in a vhd[x] file container. It has the same effect as being in an isolated vm, but runs at native speed. I ain't never gonna install w8+ on a real partition again thanks to this feature.
    I guess that is an option. But I have many systems installed under VMware Player. So it is just the most convenient way for me. And I can operate the systems side by side without bringing my host system down. Plus I can carry it form one PC to the next without having to worry about drivers and such.
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  3. Posts : 73
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit
       #163

    MilesAhead said:
    eatup said:
    whs said:
    W10 is slower than W8.1 on my system. They are both in VMware Player and maybe that distorts reality.
    why vmware? you could native boot w10 in a vhd[x] file container. It has the same effect as being in an isolated vm, but runs at native speed. I ain't never gonna install w8+ on a real partition again thanks to this feature.
    Do you have a link to a step by step? The only time I tried a VHD I think it didn't work right because it was from an XP installed on D: that saw its system partition as H:. Now that everything is on C: again I'd like to give it a go.

    (Sorry for hijack)
    This article can explain it better than I can:

    Native VHD Boot to Windows 10 Technical Preview Dual Boot with Windows 7 or Windows 8 | Next of Windows

    Who needs VMWare when you could native boot/test drive the new OS with all the benefits of a sandboxed virtual machine without the performance hit...
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  4. Posts : 73
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit
       #164

    whs said:
    eatup said:
    whs said:
    W10 is slower than W8.1 on my system. They are both in VMware Player and maybe that distorts reality.
    why vmware? you could native boot w10 in a vhd[x] file container. It has the same effect as being in an isolated vm, but runs at native speed. I ain't never gonna install w8+ on a real partition again thanks to this feature.
    I guess that is an option. But I have many systems installed under VMware Player. So it is just the most convenient way for me. And I can operate the systems side by side without bringing my host system down. Plus I can carry it form one PC to the next without having to worry about drivers and such.
    I have never known a system that didn't work with the drivers provided by Microsoft (other than the touchpad driver on laptops to disable tapping). And you can in fact carry that vhd file to another computer, so long as you originally installed it in a non-machine specific environment (ie. Imagex/VirtualPC/Hyper-V) and sysprep it. When you native boot that vhd image, it will go thru all the processes of setting itself up for the new machine as if it were a fresh new install (but with everything else you did to it including hotfixes, installed apps, etc.) There isn't a point to using the modern OSes running at "emulator" speeds. Everything should be native...
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #165

    I guess it is a matter of preference. Using the VHD is an option but I don't like to reboot my system. With VMware Player I can bring up any of my many virtual systems in less than 30 seconds from an external SSD. And the performance impact is really very minimal. Plus I can carry my external SSD to any of my PCs and I always have up-to-date systems.

    A couple of my Linux systems I even run on my $99 Asus 11.6" laptop with only 2GB of RAM and an Atom processor. Booting is a bit slower because I have only USB2 ports, but once it's running, it is fine.

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  6. Posts : 73
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit
       #166

    Well, to each his own. But VMWare can't make full use of all your hardware. Have that brand new 3D card? Running games in native boot can...
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  7. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #167

    In my 55 years of computer involvement I have never played a single game, LOL Like I have not been to the movies since 1964. For me that's all a waste of time.
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  8. Posts : 73
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 Bit
       #168

    What's the point of test driving W10 if you can't test out the new DirectX, which isn't just for games...? Anyways, one thng we agree on, I haven't watched a Hollywood movie (at the theater) since Avatar 6 years ago...
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #169

    I rest my case.
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  10. Posts : 1,167
    W10 32 bit, XUbuntu 18.xx 64 bit
       #170

    whs said:
    In my 55 years of computer involvement I have never played a single game, LOL Like I have not been to the movies since 1964. For me that's all a waste of time.

    You never played Microsoft solitaire (you can turn off the time option and scoring option if you want).?
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