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javert on March 22, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: No Really: Microsoft giving away Windows Image wit...

I run a Linux desktop but would like to be able to run Windows apps in a Windows guest. I'm going to try to run this as a Windows guest and see if it works (using VirtualBox).

mhansen on March 22, 2010 | [–]

This isn't a guest environment of windows - this is a hypervisor - it runs on the bare metal (using virtualization features on new CPUs), hosting other operating systems.

This can't run windows apps as a windows guest.

javert on March 22, 2010 | [–]

I got downvoted for this? Seriously?

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