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   philo wrote:   
      
   > On 11/13/2011 05:29 AM, Auric__ wrote:   
   >> philo wrote:   
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   >>> "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.)   
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   >>> 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   
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   >> 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.)   
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   > For the most part I am just experimenting...   
   > so to use a virtual machine would be OK...   
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   > 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.   
      
   Of course. I was referring to more office-type stuff: word processors,   
   spreadsheets, light graphics programs, web browsing (preferably without   
   Flash or Java), email, and what have you. (When I was doing this, the host   
   machine was running Windows 2000, and the VM was running Windows 95 or 98.   
   The office software was MS Office 97, and the image editor was probably   
   Irfanview. Again, all this on a 300?MHz Pentium II.)   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Well... I have several spare (small) drives, but since I don't have a   
   removable drive tray, I'd have to keep the box open and accessible if I   
   wanted to do this.   
      
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