boB Stepp schreef op 2016-06-29 01:16:
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:48 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
What about running Win7 in a virtual machine?
What type of performance hit will I take when running CPU intensive
processes?
Purely CPU-wise, the performance hit is pretty small (normal
instructions are executed directly on the CPU at full speed; only
privileged instructions are trapped for special treatment). But:
- I/O is slower in a virtual machine.
- RAM is divided between your virtual machine(s) and the host, so each
machine has less available for itself.
- Graphics are slower. Regular desktop use is fine if the proper drivers
are installed in the virtual machine, but don't expect to run the newest
games smoothly.
In many use cases, virtual machines are perfectly usable; it all depends
on your specific use case and your hardware.
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