Explanations on microsoft Hyper-V

[Keikavoos]

I tried to google it but got nothing or at least not what I was looking for,

My question is, does it make a difference? And how?

[Dujith]

HyperV is not an OS but a hypervisor for creating virtual machines. So not quite sure what u want to compare it to, or how it would make a difference?

[NumLock21]

It's part of Windows not including home edition, but it's disabled by default. Need to go to features to enable it. I tried it out, and it's not bad. But some simple task, is a pain to complete. So I just run Virtual Box. I believe you can still create a bootable vm just like a real dual boot os. HDD has to be VHD and it can be configured through disk management.

[scottyseng]

It's a hypervisor for VMs. Think VMware, Virtual Box, or other VM software.

 

However, note that anything other than windows runs kind of slow (Ubuntu is quite slow on it due to lack of GPU support for UI). Also Windows 7 only runs at 16 bit color.

 

I kind of am leaning more towards VMware myself.

[Keikavoos]

17 minutes ago, Dujith said:

HyperV is not an OS but a hypervisor for creating virtual machines. So not quite sure what u want to compare it to, or how it would make a difference?

Yeah I know it's not an os i was wondering how it effects the overall performance that's what i mean

[Dujith]

Just now, Keikavoos said:

Yeah I know it's not an os i was wondering how it effects the overall performance that's what i mean

Compared to what? if you mean vs running the OS on the hardware itself, then you will have a slight loss running in on any kind of hypervisor. You will not notice it tho.