I have Windows Vista, and I was wondering if it is possible to install a new operating system on my labtop (i.e. Linux), without uninstalling Vista, and be able to specify which one I want to use whenever I want. If this is possible, what is the method to do so?
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Jump to PostYes, easiest way is to use Ubuntu linux. Comes as a live-cd so you can try it out before installing, and it has the option to rezize your windows parition and install linux in the free space. It is also able to automagically set up and configure a bootloader (GRUB) …
Jump to Post…One caveat though. Laptops generally have crappy recovery partitions instead of actual windows vista CDs. Dont try it if you have one of these, as you dont want to risk bricking it . Some laptops have the option to burn your own recovery CDs, if so then i reccomend this.
Jump to PostOnly AMD64 support listed for VirtualBox 3.0.2
You are wrong. Starting with Version 2.1, VirtualBox supports 64-bit guest operating systems, even on a 32-bit host OS, so long as you have a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization support (Intel VT-x and AMD-V) enabled. (as a side note, to make use …
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youve made some good points, and yeah, itanium survives in niche markets - its used for datacentre servers mostly now, and scientific workstations which need to do a lot of number crunching
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