From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 11/13/2011 05:29 AM, Auric__ wrote:   
   > philo wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   >> news:Xns9F9B6B794285Eauricauricauricauric@88.198.244.100...   
   >>> philo wrote:   
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   >>>> Yes   
   >>>> I have used such workarounds myself .   
   >>>> I am not sure if the OP is up to it though.   
   >>>y to add another to this one.)   
   >>   
   >> The guest OS always takes a hit in performance in a virtual machine...   
   >> so I don't usually use that method...but have been known to do so some   
   >> times   
   >   
   > It depends on what you're using it for. Several years ago, I did all my   
   > non-game computing inside Virtual PC. When I was done with whatever I was   
   > working on, I'd save to floppy image, then revert the VM back to saved   
   > state. The performance hit for non-CPU-intensive things isn't too bad,   
   > especially if you don't do more than 1 or 2 things at a time. (I was doing   
   > this on a Pentium II.)   
   >   
      
   For the most part I am just experimenting...   
   so to use a virtual machine would be OK...   
      
   However, If I need to run a "heavy" application that takes a lot of   
   resources...such as editing a large image in either Photoshop or Gimp...   
   I'd definitely not want to be running within a virtual machine.   
      
   Since I do a lot of computer repair work...I have several boxes of spare   
   hard drives...so removable drives are the best way for me to go.   
   Of course I realize that most folks probably do not have a bunch of   
   spare drives sitting around.   
      
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