Win 8 Consumer Preview in WMware


  1. Posts : 997
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP1
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    Win 8 Consumer Preview in WMware


    Been reading the webpage article about VMware.
    Do I understand correctly that I can install WMware and run Win 8 Preview in it, even in a Win 7 Home Premium machine ?

    t-4-2

    Editing .... typo. I meant VMware.
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  2. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    t-4-2 said:
    Do I understand correctly that I can install WMware and run Win 8 Preview in it, even in a Win 7 Home Premium machine ?


    Don't see why not.

    VMware Player - Install Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Windows 8 Forums
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  3. Posts : 997
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP1
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    Airbot said:
    t-4-2 said:
    Do I understand correctly that I can install WMware and run Win 8 Preview in it, even in a Win 7 Home Premium machine ?


    Don't see why not.

    VMware Player - Install Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Windows 8 Forums
    Thank you.
    The reason I asked is that, initially I was advised, in another forum, that I should dual boot to run Win 8.
    I am not crazy about shrinking partition and run dual booting.

    If I install VMware, I can toggle between Win 8 and Win 7 ?
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  4. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    With a virtual machine, you don't have to toggle between the 2 as they both can run at the same time. Your VM will simply run from inside a window, just like any other application.

    For playing with an OS, I would NEVER recommend a dual boot anymore. NEVER. I would always suggest going with a VM and learning there.
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