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I think I'll just partition my current drive. :)
Same here. W7 boots up in around 28-30 seconds, while W8.1 boots up between 18 to 20 seconds on my PC.It only takes 30sec to boot up so I don't mind rebooting.
With a VM, I can run multiple OS versions simultaneously which makes it very easy to switch back and forth to see how things are done differently in each.
As I said, VM is not a bad idea. I am not only interested in learning how the new interface works or how to use it. I want to see how it uses up the PC's resources, what drivers, hardware and software are compatible with it and other matters associated with bare metal installation.
VMs are mostly only for playing around with OSes (for ooohhs and ahhhhs).
While on preview, I want to use it as my temporary OS for doing everything I do with Win 7 as an actual system. I have no needs for running OSes simultaneously.
Cheers!
Last edited by badrobot; 29 Sep 2014 at 12:31.