This is more of a discussion question, but why do people bother to dual boot anymore? With VMware, Virtual Box, etc... It makes more sense to me to have 1 host OS and then just create VM guests for any other OS you need.



Is there a reason why people stick with dual booting?

 

Dunno.



I run them all the time so I can see hyundaiaftermarket the way EVERYONE else sees it

 

Because some of us are dinosaurs?



Dual booting: because ONE buggy operating system at a time is more than enough!

 

If you mes up the primary OS you can't use any. And if you computer specs aren't that good its not a good idea to divide them in different OS at the same time.

 

That's why you should not use windows as a primary OS.. Linux does not have that concern really...

 

Except when you full around with it. I have crash Linux a few times jajaja

 

Ya.. but you have a virtual machine to fool around with... install Linux inside a virtual machine inside Linux. And you can install another VM inside that one if you like inception.

 

sounds like it would slow the computer down tho...

i tweak my stuff to go faster for my cheap ass! (but maybe u could emulate windows and run games faster then actully running windows who knows...)

im good with computers but i dont wanna have to spend a bunch of time learning linux...

 

It uses memory more then processor. If an operating system is idle, it should be using less then 3% processor.



However, the machines can be started and stopped by saving their states. When you exit the VM window select save machine state. When you double click your cm to start it, it will resume in about 5 seconds.

 

And you're not emulating. You're running a virtual machine. This is great for those with new machines because you don't need to restart. Operating systems become tools. Linux allows people to do things more efficiently then windows in some cases and windows allows the same... with a VM you don't have to pick which OS you use. You start and stop them when you need them.