Hi, You are absolutely right. Running XP in a virtual machine isn't the same is running it on a PC natively. There is going to be a bit of a performance hit no matter what you do just because it is running inside a piece of software like VMWare Player on top of say Windows 7, and some updates in service pack 3, for whatever reason, seems to aggravate the situation by slowing the virtual machine down.
Still, over all, I agree with your point about upgrades in general. If it weren't running in a virtual machine I'd probably put service pack 3 on their for the security fixes, bug fixes, and of course to get updates like Internet Explorer 8, Windows Media Player 11, and a few other updates that require service pack 3 to run. I generally upgrade when and where possible unless there is a specific reason not to do so such as this case where service pack 3 slows my virtual machine down, and since I am only playing older Dos and Windows games in the virtual machine anyway a lot of the updates in service pack 3 don't really apply to what I'm doing in the virtual machine in the first place. So I can forgo the updates in that particular instance. Cheers! > At 10:49 PM 5/20/2013, you wrote: >>I can see some updates of xp not being very fast in a VM. You have >>to remember that when running a VM the original op along with the VM >>and second op are running. So you have 2 ops running with a >>connected interface translating. With out a lot of ram to offset >>this it is possible to see conflicts in operation on the VM. >>However, running that op as a stand alone op on the box will not run >>the same as it does in a VM. upgrades not only fixes bugs and holes. >>But also replace bad code with good code and if not left to get >>these upgrades can make very many bugs to deal with on latter ops. >>There is a reason you can not buy VB6 anymore and that is because >>they have made it better. I would also state that it is probably not >>able to be installed on win7 and up for dropped dependency and libs. >>which would make it less likely to be used. Moving up may be ruff, >>but is worth it in the long run from headaches, and there are going >>to be many more. >>Microsoft just sent out email on win 8.1 as free upgrade for win8. >>And yes, they changed a lot in how it runs. >> --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
