21 Oct
2010
21 Oct
'10
3:12 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:16:00PM -0700, Tobiah
wrote:
> I've always dual booted, because of Windows games, and for some
> Windows audio and music software. Now I have a firewire interface that
> only works with Jack under Linux, which is unpleasing.
[ ... VMware story elided ... ]
Cool idea, though I would have run the Windoze in the
VM box, and had a real operating system running on the hardware. But yeah, virtualization
is a LOT more convenient than dual boot for those who need multiple OSen.
If (and only if) you can run the Windows software inside Wine, you
will get MUCH better performance than you will from virtualization. I
do appreciate that this is not an option for a lot of desirable
Windows software, but the list gets smaller every month.