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Re: Proof that Windows is Better Off Virtualised Than (Dual-) Booted

  • Subject: Re: Proof that Windows is Better Off Virtualised Than (Dual-) Booted
  • From: "Sean Inglis" <ingliss@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 3 Oct 2006 09:22:08 -0700
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Parallels XP crash recovery OS X
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Watch as Parallels running XP on a mac gets the blue screen of death
> | and recovers it and logs you right back in, in only a matter seconds!
> | The blue screen occured in an attempt to format a usb thumb drive
> | within windows.
> `----
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqQhpOJvYUo
>
> Better yet, rather than boot into Windows, one can just give it the boot and
> avoid the 'Microsoft tax' altogether.

This certainly mirrors my own experience. I bought a copy of VMWare
long ago, and the only place I run MS software is in a Linux hosted VM,
where it's less likely to self-harm.


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