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.
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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.