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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by darklajid on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:21AM (#10518678)
Uhm? No. You seem to confuse dual boot with virtualization. Dual boot means 'Reboot, pick a different OS in the bootloader'. Both Linux AND Windows would run with full performance, but never at the same time. There is no concept of host or guest.
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Re:WindowsLies/BlockWindows by alkonaut on Friday November 06, 2015 @05:55AM (#10518808)
Hah sorry, I was answering the wrong post, I meant to answer the post that said "why dual boot when you can run a VM", and the answer should be "VM works fine as long as..."

Sorry about that.

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