[PLUG] Suggestions for featherweight laptop

[Chuck Hast]

I have dualbooted the X200 with both Linux and Win7 pro. Worked quite well
but I prefer to load it up with RAM and run windows in a VM, works better in
my view.

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Sep 2017, Dave Lien - W7DAL wrote:
>
> > Does the ThinkPad X200 dual-boot Linux OK for you?  Dave.
>
> Dave,
>
>    I've no idea as I run only linux on it; haven't done M$ in 20 years
> now. A
> web search might find the answer for you.
>
>    If you'll allow a suggestion, replace the existing hard drive with a
> large
> Samsung SSD, install linux and use qemu to build a virtual machine. Then
> you
> can install Windows in that. Benefits include: faster and better Windows
> performance with greatly reduced risk of crashes, booting only a single OS
> (no dual boot issues), and now having faster, larger disk storage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
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