On 13/11/13 09:10, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Tue, 2013-11-12 at 21:36 +0100, Alois Mahdal wrote:
1.8GHz dual core and 4G RAM
attempting Win XP in VBox for even the most simple
tasks was a royal PITA.
Then something is fishy.
(Also one reason to keep the Win in the dual-boot manner is that
I have a valid OEM license there, which I believe cannot be
migrated to VM.)
That's incorrect - I've done (automated) many, many times successfully
with all versions of Windoof except the latest. Your biggest problems
will be support for external devices (USB/LP/Com/Firewire) and that's
determined by, correct settings, CPU support.