Do you have dual-boot and why?

compboyo · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:50

I have XP and Win7 on my PC.

I cant even remember why?

Now Im going to upgrade my PC I really dont see why I still need XP?

I think I preffered XP for browsing and navigation tbh. In fact I only used win7 to play dx11 games.

SexyGreyFox · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:54

I have XP and XP.

I got rid of Win7 because I was having loads of problems no matter how many times I installed and using all the advice off here - It doesn't like my system.
I have not noticed any difference in speed between XP and Win7 and I do loads of encoding and loads of other stuff (but not gaming)..

andy_mk3 · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:55

No, too much hassle rebooting to get into the other one. I have XP on a virtual machine under W7.

RomanNose · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:56

No, though I do have a linux box that I remote into.

Glaucus · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:56

Nope.

Just windows 8 developer preview.

K.C. Leblanc · 23 Oct 2011 at 17:57

I used to, these days I just use Virtual Box if I want to try stuff on different OSes.

Cleeecooo · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:00

I have W7, W7, W7 and W7

I haven't got a ****ing clue why!!!

I think they may be from backups and recycled HDD's from my other comps. i'm useless with software

flibbage0 · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:02

A sensible compboyo thread?

Also I use XP because I'm cheap.

compboyo · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:03

andy_mk3 said:
No, too much hassle rebooting to get into the other one. I have XP on a virtual machine under W7.

how do you do this?

Does it just mean it runs xp compatibility or it actually switches to xp as in the whole os

PermaBanned · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:04

Not currently, going to try dual booting Mint and Arch again though. Arch's partitions are a bit confusing so i'll back it up first

I'll probably try using BURG as a bootloader again, no real reason but it's a bit of fun, isn't it?

RickST · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:11

I have a W7 and Ubuntu dual boot on my main

fedora and ubuntu on laptop 1

ubuntu and VISTA!!!! on laptop 2

as to why... I have no idea, like messing about in Linux and have to have windows to game

linktoinsanity · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:12

Windows 7 x64 and XP 32 bit. Rarely use XP these days but it's there just incase.

Westyfield2 · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:18

On my PC I run Win7 and use VMware for others. Used to dual-boot (had another HDD rather than partitioning) but just use VMs these days.

Same for laptops:

On my MacBook Pro & MacBook Air I run OS X and use VMware for others. Used to have a dual-boot partition but just use VMs these days.

mp3duck · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:20

I am bootcamping windows 7 and Mac OS on my macbook air!
Before all the Mac lovers start to wonder why I have a Mac, and then put windows on it, I won the Mac, and have always been a windows man. Plus, I am a Microsoft Developer, so needs windows for that.

pingwing · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:22

Yeah osx and w7 because my mac is awesome

Always used to between xp and linux as well for fun

Bloomfield · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:23

Nope, just Windows 7. Don't have any reason to have anything else installed.

Vonhelmet · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:24

Xp running in parallels under os x. Only gets used for office, really.

Hotwired · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:24

I have XP and XP.

On separate hard drives.

First one is day to day use, other is just in case something causes OS #1 to go **** up and require assistance.

Doesn't actually get used that often but it has been necessary at times.

TNGL · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:25

I've got Windows 7 + Windows 7.
One Windows 7 is on my 10K RPM drive and is used for gaming. The other is on my big 7200RPM HDD, and is used for programming, designing, burning DVDs etc.

J.B · 23 Oct 2011 at 18:25

I just have 7 and a couple of virtual machines for XP and Linux. I used to dual boot Windows and Linux but switching is a pain really and I like using 7 enough to not be bothered by not using Linux.

I've not found anything that doesn't work on 7 so rarely use my XP image at all any more.