<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That may be true. But I think it is a fair thing to mention the option of using Windows in a VM. It is equally possible that the original requester might not have realized that using a VM was an option and (in my opinion at least) a more user friendly option than dual booting. I was simply responding as a user who had dual booting into Windows set up originally but found it easier to do a VM when my primary OS is NOT Windows.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Stuart</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 25, 2010, at 17:45 , Josh More wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Optima; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div ocsi="0" fpstyle="1"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; "><div>I have to note that three out of the four replies did not actually address the requested solution and that no one stepped forward to help the requester.<br><br>This does not help with the Linux user stereotype.<br><br>Does anyone out there feel like actually assisting the person asking for help, whether it's via dual booting or (if the unknown hardware supports it) virtualbox / vmware player?<br><br> <br></div><div><br><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "><font color="#888888" size="1" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; ">-Josh More, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH, RHCE, NCLP<br><a href="mailto:morej@alliancetechnologies.net" target="_blank"><span class="il">morej@alliancetechnologies.net</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>515-245-7701</font><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF31190" style="direction: ltr; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[cialug-bounces@cialug.org] on behalf of Matthew Nuzum [newz@bearfruit.org]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, August 25, 2010 14:22<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Cialug] Community Service<br></font><br></div><div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:03 PM, kristau<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kristau@gmail.com" target="_blank">kristau@gmail.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; ">Install Windows under VirtualBox? No need for dual boot complexities.<br><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Assuming that the computer supports virtualization and neither battery life nor heat are concerns. (because even if you have the virtualization instructions battery life is halved when running a VM)</div></div><br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://identi.ca/" target="_blank">identi.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and twitter<br><br>"Never stop learning" –Robert Nuzum (My dad)<br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Cialug mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">Cialug@cialug.org</a><br><a href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>