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real cedar Jan 7, 2024, 1:50 PM

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VMware

slim vigil Jan 7, 2024, 1:51 PM

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I prefer Hyper V. Only trade off is that guest integration tools only seem to work on modern Windows versions

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don’t know, I never had a problem with a guest OS freezing

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it doesn’t use it

outer timber Jan 9, 2024, 5:17 AM

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My take on it, if you have Windows Guests, I think 8 and above idk about 7, Hyper-V does decently. If you’re on low end hardware, Hyper-V’s dynamic memory is awesome.
If you’re looking for more Linux guests or older Windows, I recommend VMware. Also with networking VMware just seems to be easier than Hyper-V.
I use multiple VMware VMs because VMware is just easier.

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How many vCPUs or cores did you give it

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Windows 10 requires a bare minimum of 2 cores.

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Also if it’s a spinning hard drive (HDD) yeah there’s your problem, also assuming that you also use the HDD for your OS

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A HDD struggles a lot with running multiple OSes

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Had some old classmates using HDDs for 2-3 VMs and they all just kept freezing constantly

outer timber Jan 9, 2024, 7:23 AM

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Either will work for you

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When I mentioned low-end I meant ram

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Sorry

outer timber Jan 9, 2024, 8:08 AM

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Damn somethings not right then

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