[SLUG] Is Windows XP much faster under hardware virtualization?

[Jon Jermey]

I'm currently running Windows XP for work in VirtualBox under Mint, and 
it is usable but sluggish. I'm in the market for a new PC and one of the 
options is to get one with hardware-assisted virtualization. Can anyone 
comment from personal experience on whether this will make a) a 
spectacular difference; b) a moderate difference; c) no difference at 
all to the speed of virtualized XP? Are there different types or levels 
of hardware virtualization available off the shelf, or it is 
one-size-fits-all?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-assisted_virtualization
Thanks,

Jon.
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