I'm currently running win8 inside a vm and I connect to it via rdp. It works, but... The win8 experience needs a touchscreen to be fully appreciated.
Al Sent via mobile device On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:41 AM, "James E. LaBarre" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/28/2012 10:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Does that mean that the era of easily dual-booting Windows machines is >> over? That sucks, I did this for many, many friends. If I read you >> correctly, installing a dual boot on a Windows 8 system requires >> quite some efforts. >> > > Of course, one could make the sarcastic remark that *not* being able to boot > Win8 is not necessarily a bad thing <g>. > > I'm just wondering how readily Win8 could be converted to a virtual machine > image. Other than the potential performance hit from running it inside a VM > (and the pain of getting the interface-formerly-known-as-Metro to behave in a > VM window), I expect it could do most anything you need it to do in a > virtualized environment. > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel Jan 9 - High Performance Computing Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi
