Running Windows 7 Inside Ubuntu 10.10 With Virtual Box?
Apr 16, 2011
I'm just looking for advice on running Windows 7 Professional inside a virtual machine. I'd like to know what kind of performance I can expect from the following applications and others of their class.
Capture One (http://www.phaseone.com/en/Software/...-Overview.aspx)
Adobe CS5 (Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge, Flash)
Microsoft Office 2010
Sony Vegas
Games requiring DirectX 9+
Basically, I'm done with malware, long boot times, and huge system overhead and would like to switch to Ubuntu for my everyday computing, web surfing, writing, media consumption, etc. and fire up Windows in a VM only when I absolutely need it. As the list above implies I do lean pretty heavily on the processor and video card when I'm working or playing, and I'm wondering how Virtual Box would handle it.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.1
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional , Service Pack 1, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3070 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS , 128 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 285718 MB, Free - 61867 MB;
Motherboard: Dell Inc., 0JX269, , .42MCPH1.CN7878389N001F.
Antivirus: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011, Updated and Enabled
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