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Win7, Linux Mint and VMWare on same machine ?
I am attracted to the idea of running Win7 and Linux (Mint 18.3 now, I think) on the same machine, with one of these (preferably Linux) installed through VMWare as I find the idea of constantly rebooting from one OS to the other unappealing.
Why look at this ? Win7 is ending its' career (for example,no one is writing drivers anymore), Win10 is repulsive in its' rudeness to users ... and in any case, MS says Windows is not moving past Win10. So Linux for internet security may be a sensible route, with Win7 available for the (expensive) applications I have - CAD etc.
There is a whole segment on this forum dedicated to the dual boot of Win7 and Linux. I've carefully read through most of them, but the threads are quite old, so UEFI is not covered, the recommended tools don't exist now, or are so changed that the tutorials now make no sense, and in any case I prefer to avoid the dual boot setup. I'm aware that using a virtual OS chews up machine resource, but how much needs to be allocated to a virtual OS is obviously moot.
Any one have a setup like this operating satisfactorily, please ?