Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs
by morganvachon on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @07:04AM
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It's gotten better both with changes in Windows itself and with improvements in virtualization. VirtualBox allows you to use different hypervisors so you can get closer to native hardware access in a VM. It works best when the guest is Linux but it also works well with Windows and recently, macOS. You can even do GPU passthrough for better Windows gaming on a Linux host.
Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs
by yyyttt555 on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:54PM
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With a separate, dedicated GPU is my understanding, which is a deal-breaker.
I've recently moved to Mint with Win7 in a vm and its lack of GPU and DirectX support is not really workable. Basic apps are fine.
Re:HP installs system-slowing spyware on its PCs
by morganvachon on Thursday November 30, 2017 @12:53PM
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> "With a separate, dedicated GPU"
Well, yes, if you want to do any significant amount of gaming on a computer, you'd want a dedicated GPU. If integrated GPUs meet your demands for gaming, you're better of with native Linux games and Wine for Windows casual games.
> "I've recently moved to Mint with Win7 in a vm and its lack of GPU and DirectX support is not really workable."
It sounds like you're better served by dual-booting then. Running a VM isn't a solution for everyone, just another option for some.
> with the option of booting natively into Windows for anything strictly hardware dependent
IIRC, years ago, when Windows 7 was the latest Windows, this couldn't be done. Windows used to take offense if the hardware it was running on changed significantly from boot to boot. Has that changed with Windows 10?