simple vm for school use?

[DominicNikon]

is there a way to do a simple vm for school use? i have accounts for websites and stuff and i dont really feel like logging out and re logging in. would a vm help this? i have a i5 4670k GTX 980 16gb 2400mhz ram

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

Yeah just use virtualbox there are lots of tutorials on YouTube but if you wan't to use windows you will need another key or pirate it. 

[KuJoe]

If you mean keeping the websites open 24x7 then it would require your computer and your VM to be on 24x7 also otherwise you risk your cookie/cache expiring and logging you out. If you don't mind this then go grab VMware Player or VirtualBox for free (I use VMware Player at home).

[DominicNikon]

4 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

If you mean keeping the websites open 24x7 then it would require your computer and your VM to be on 24x7 also otherwise you risk your cookie/cache expiring and logging you out. If you don't mind this then go grab VMware Player or VirtualBox for free (I use VMware Player at home).

i would need 1 cpu core for the vm?

[KuJoe]

4 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

i would need 1 cpu core for the vm?

You'll need to assign at least 1 core but this can be shared with your host.

[flibberdipper]

Grab VMWare Player and a Windows 7 ISO, and there ya go. I was actually just getting ready to set one of those up.

[VinsinityKT]

VMWare Player

[DominicNikon]

2 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

You'll need to assign at least 1 core but this can be shared with your host.

ok so would 3 cores for my main system hurt performance in games? im plainning to upgrade to a 6 core this year or next

[KuJoe]

Just now, DominicNikon said:

ok so would 3 cores for my main system hurt performance in games? im plainning to upgrade to a 6 core this year or next

Nope, you'll be fine.

[DominicNikon]

4 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Grab VMWare Player and a Windows 7 ISO, and there ya go. I was actually just getting ready to set one of those up.

vmware player for vms or do i need to buy the lime tech software

[KuJoe]

Just now, DominicNikon said:

vmware player for vms or do i need to buy the lime tech software

VMware Player is enough.

[flibberdipper]

Just now, DominicNikon said:

vmware player for vms or do i need to buy the lime tech software

You only need VMWare Player.

[DominicNikon]

3 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

is vmware player free? also could i use it on 1hdd or would it overload the sata port

[DominicNikon]

3 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

You only need VMWare Player.

is vmware player free? also could i use it on 1hdd or would it overload the sata port

[flibberdipper]

1 minute ago, DominicNikon said:

is vmware player free? also could i use it on 1hdd or would it overload the sata port

It is free, and it will even work on a flash drive, so long as it's large enough for what you're trying to do (don't though, it's slow).

 

Good example, I have VMWare Workstation (since I do a lot of VMs and I need some of the more advanced features that you wouldn't necessarily need, for example), and I have a folder on my games drive set aside just for VMs, and I could defrag a couple of them and still be able to play a game.

[DominicNikon]

3 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

It is free, and it will even work on a flash drive, so long as it's large enough for what you're trying to do (don't though, it's slow).

 

Good example, I have VMWare Workstation (since I do a lot of VMs and I need some of the more advanced features that you wouldn't necessarily need, for example), and I have a folder on my games drive set aside just for VMs, and I could defrag a couple of them and still be able to play a game.

would usb 2.0 be too slow and how would it work off a flash drive?

[flibberdipper]

1 minute ago, DominicNikon said:

would usb 2.0 be too slow and how would it work off a flash drive?

It would be far too slow, and what exactly do you mean by "how would it work off a flash drive?"

 

Just wanna give you the best possible answer so you don't say screw it or somehow mess something up.

[DominicNikon]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

It would be far too slow, and what exactly do you mean by "how would it work off a flash drive?"

 

Just wanna give you the best possible answer so you don't say screw it or somehow mess something up.

can i use it on my 2nd hdd?

[flibberdipper]

Just now, DominicNikon said:

can i use it on my 2nd hdd?

Definitely.

 

Just so you know, the VM won't just claim the whole disk as its own. You set a max size limit (like 40 gigs), and then it basically just makes a file for it, kinda like a Word document.

[DominicNikon]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

Definitely.

 

Just so you know, the VM won't just claim the whole disk as its own. You set a max size limit (like 40 gigs), and then it basically just makes a file for it, kinda like a Word document.

it only uses a folder?

[flibberdipper]

Just now, DominicNikon said:

it only uses a folder?

Yup.

 

Like, this is what the folder looks like where I keep my VMs.

 

And this is the actual folder of the VM.

 

And just as proof that it's a thing, here it is actually running (alongside my Windows 10 VM since I was just working in it).

[DominicNikon]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Yup.

 

Like, this is what the folder looks like where I keep my VMs.

 

And this is the actual folder of the VM.

 

And just as proof that it's a thing, here it is actually running (alongside my Windows 10 VM since I was just working in it).

give me link for download? also do i need to buy a copy of windows?

[flibberdipper]

1 minute ago, DominicNikon said:

give me link for download? also do i need to buy a copy of windows?

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0

 

And while you could buy Windows, I want to say Ubuntu support is pretty well buttoned up in VMWare products.

 

I would go with Windows 7 (assuming you don't go with Ubuntu), and then either hit me up to activate it () or actually buy it.

[DominicNikon]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0

 

And while you could buy Windows, I want to say Ubuntu support is pretty well buttoned up in VMWare products.

 

I would go with Windows 7 (assuming you don't go with Ubuntu), and then either hit me up to activate it () or actually buy it.

how will i get the windows 7 iso with out buying it and how will you activate it

[flibberdipper]

3 minutes ago, DominicNikon said:

how will i get the windows 7 iso with out buying it and how will you activate it

I believe this is the torrent file for Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (a trusted one, of course). https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu8unle-0U0bUxKeUJBQ1g3cTQ/view

 

And as for how, I have a program which basically inserts a license key and makes Windows think its genuine. I've used it literally DOZENS of times, and it even allows you to put in custom computer info kinda like in this.