We asked our readers what they think of Windows 11's forced Microsoft account requirement, and the answer is clear. Too bad it's not on the official list of improvements coming to the OS in 2026.
Running windows in a VM is still… running Windows. It’s not idealistically different to having a dedicated Windows computer. There’s nothing magical about running Linux as a host that makes Windows less evil.
ugh. Get that. For that use case I actually ended up getting a cheap little KVM and migrated my win7 build to a rackmounted box with a CRU. No NIC, I KVM over when doing data recovery (or playing bullfrog games)
I just vm’d my entire win 7 machine with no nic.
Running windows in a VM is still… running Windows. It’s not idealistically different to having a dedicated Windows computer. There’s nothing magical about running Linux as a host that makes Windows less evil.
Unfortunately VMs aren’t a solution for my use case since I need no latency realtime audio or GPU acceleration
ugh. Get that. For that use case I actually ended up getting a cheap little KVM and migrated my win7 build to a rackmounted box with a CRU. No NIC, I KVM over when doing data recovery (or playing bullfrog games)