• Auk@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      I still retain a Windows install for games, and eventually things stop working easily. I kept running Windows 7 up until around when I built my current PC (2020) and that upgrade was due to some compatibility issue - I can’t remember whether it was hardware compatibility with the new setup or a game/launcher requiring Windows 10 before I upgraded. I expect that I will eventually get something that wants 11 to work.

      Mind you I spend a lot less time on games these days and I will probably get a few more years out of that computer - it might be a good while before compatibility/security becomes an issue and I’m required to consider moving on.

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      2 years ago

      How is the performance on a VM? I use Windows for VR and Musicproduction. Like 10%, 20% performance dip?

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          Yeah, I just upgrades my CPU, and even on my old one everything worked fine.

          One more question though: why go the VM route instead of dualbooting? I guess mostly so you still have acces to all Linux stuff while using Windows?