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I've been using the same xp vm about 8 years and I love it. 2 secs to boot and blazing fast. Only occasionally do I need win 7 or rarely 8. Not that I use windo

I've been using the same xp vm about 8 years and I love it. 2 secs to boot and blazing fast. Only occasionally do I need win 7 or rarely 8. Not that I use windows much. I'll never use 10+, never ever.

orf 4y ago
If you’re using a VM, why wouldn’t you just suspend it? Boot speed seems somewhat irrelevant
- chrsig 4y ago
  windows tends to need rebooting at just about every turn
- adrian_b 4y ago
  The original Windows XP did not require a reboot at least once per day, like Windows 98, but it still required a reboot after 2 or 3 days of intense use. The many Service Packs that have been applied later to Windows XP have improved a lot its stability, but I have not used Windows XP for enough years to reach a Service Pack version where Windows XP would never need periodic reboots. I have stopped using Windows XP in 2005, maybe later revisions have solved the remaining bugs. I have used Windows 2000 on much less computers and for much less time than Windows XP, so the accumulated experience might be insufficient, but with Windows 2000 I have not encountered any situation when I was forced to reboot the computer, like it was needed from time to time with Windows XP. Even so, the improvement in stability between Windows 98 and Windows XP was huge. Simultaneously with using Windows XP on many desktops/laptops, I was managing a large number of FreeBSD servers. Those were rebooted exactly once per year, in order to do a kernel upgrade, even if that could have been skipped without problems.
  - kasabali 4y ago
    This contradicts my experience. I had been using hibernation instead of shutdown on my desktop computer during (which was on service pack 2), and it wasn't uncommon to not reboot for months.
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wtallis 4y ago
I similarly have a Win2k VM that I use for vintage software. Post-XP applications tend to be easier to still run natively or with Wine.

orf 4y ago

If you’re using a VM, why wouldn’t you just suspend it? Boot speed seems somewhat irrelevant

chrsig 4y ago
windows tends to need rebooting at just about every turn
adrian_b 4y ago
The original Windows XP did not require a reboot at least once per day, like Windows 98, but it still required a reboot after 2 or 3 days of intense use. The many Service Packs that have been applied later to Windows XP have improved a lot its stability, but I have not used Windows XP for enough years to reach a Service Pack version where Windows XP would never need periodic reboots. I have stopped using Windows XP in 2005, maybe later revisions have solved the remaining bugs. I have used Windows 2000 on much less computers and for much less time than Windows XP, so the accumulated experience might be insufficient, but with Windows 2000 I have not encountered any situation when I was forced to reboot the computer, like it was needed from time to time with Windows XP. Even so, the improvement in stability between Windows 98 and Windows XP was huge. Simultaneously with using Windows XP on many desktops/laptops, I was managing a large number of FreeBSD servers. Those were rebooted exactly once per year, in order to do a kernel upgrade, even if that could have been skipped without problems.
- kasabali 4y ago
  This contradicts my experience. I had been using hibernation instead of shutdown on my desktop computer during (which was on service pack 2), and it wasn't uncommon to not reboot for months.

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wtallis 4y ago

I similarly have a Win2k VM that I use for vintage software. Post-XP applications tend to be easier to still run natively or with Wine.