Can you have 2 different windows programs on 1 computer
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I bought some music software months ago. I just bought a new computer with Windwos 8. The music software is not compatable with Windows 8. My question is: Can I have 2 programs, (Windows 8, and Windows 7), on 1 computer? ![:cry:]( ":cry:")
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ghall36651 said:
I bought some music software months ago. I just bought a new computer with Windwos 8. The music software is not compatable with Windows 8. My question is: Can I have 2 programs, (Windows 8, and Windows 7), on 1 computer? Yes you can however it would require splitting up your hard drive for the two different operating systems. http://lifehacker.com/5840387/how-to-dual+boot-windows-...
On the other hand you could try to contact the publisher of the software and ask if they are going to update to be compatible with windows 8.
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randomhkkid said:
Yes you can however it would require splitting up your hard drive for the two different operating systems. http://lifehacker.com/5840387/how-to-dual+boot-windows-...On the other hand you could try to contact the publisher of the software and ask if they are going to update to be compatible with windows 8.
Thank you so much for the information, and explaining the proceedures that I need to take. Thanks again.
Best solution
You don't have to dual boot. You can run one OS inside a virtual machine. The two most popular free VM programs are VMWare Player and VirtualBox. That'll let you run Windows 7 inside a window under Windows 8 (or vice versa). Performance is impacted, especially for 3D apps, but most apps run at an acceptable speed. Audio usually runs ok, though sometimes it stutters.
I'm biased towards VMWare since I use VMWare Workstation, but for the free versions VirtualBox supports snapshots while Player does not. (VirtualBox OTOH reacts badly to moving/copying the VM files while VMWare has little problem with that). Both also support a mode where an app running in the VM shows up on your regular desktop as if it were a native app. It's a bit clumsy and slower than running inside a window, but if that's what you need, it's possible.
You might also want to look at VMWare Convertor. That'll take an existing computer and turn it into a virtual machine which can be run on either VMWare Player or Virtualbox. I do that every time I get a new computer now - convert the old one to a VM and put it on the new one. That way for the first month or two after I switch, if there's something I forgot to copy/transfer, I can just start up the VM and access it that way.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
I'm biased towards VMWare since I use VMWare Workstation, but for the free versions VirtualBox supports snapshots while Player does not. (VirtualBox OTOH reacts badly to moving/copying the VM files while VMWare has little problem with that). Both also support a mode where an app running in the VM shows up on your regular desktop as if it were a native app. It's a bit clumsy and slower than running inside a window, but if that's what you need, it's possible.
You might also want to look at VMWare Convertor. That'll take an existing computer and turn it into a virtual machine which can be run on either VMWare Player or Virtualbox. I do that every time I get a new computer now - convert the old one to a VM and put it on the new one. That way for the first month or two after I switch, if there's something I forgot to copy/transfer, I can just start up the VM and access it that way.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Solandri said:
You don't have to dual boot. You can run one OS inside a virtual machine. The two most popular free VM programs are VMWare Player and VirtualBox. That'll let you run Windows 7 inside a window under Windows 8 (or vice versa). Performance is impacted, especially for 3D apps, but most apps run at an acceptable speed. Audio usually runs ok, though sometimes it stutters.I'm biased towards VMWare since I use VMWare Workstation, but for the free versions VirtualBox supports snapshots while Player does not. (VirtualBox OTOH reacts badly to moving/copying the VM files while VMWare has little problem with that). Both also support a mode where an app running in the VM shows up on your regular desktop as if it were a native app. It's a bit clumsy and slower than running inside a window, but if that's what you need, it's possible.
You might also want to look at VMWare Convertor. That'll take an existing computer and turn it into a virtual machine which can be run on either VMWare Player or Virtualbox. I do that every time I get a new computer now - convert the old one to a VM and put it on the new one. That way for the first month or two after I switch, if there's something I forgot to copy/transfer, I can just start up the VM and access it that way.
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Thank You, the information is most helpful and sound cost effective too.
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