I am having a new 'box' built and can't decide on which 'home' os to install. Specs-- Intel Q8400 CPU 2.66Ghz. Intel DP43TF Motherboard Evga 8400GS 512 PCI Express Western Digital 250 Gb. S-ATA (2 of these) Crucial 2 GB PC-6400 DDR2 Ram (total of 6 gig) It will have Windows and Virtual Box installed. Ubuntu and either XP or 7 will be run as Virtual machines. My dilemma; is Should I install 7 with XP as a virtual or XP with 7 as a virtual. I don't play games or do heavy duty video editing. Most of my time is spent using Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Open Office. I build sites and do a lot of modification of templates - Drupal, WP, Joomla etc. etc. My biggest hesitation is committing to an OS this new even if it is basically a cleaned up Vista. My XP never crashes except when I get PS, DW, OO and 3 or 4 browsers running and likely doing CuteFTP uploads and decide to edit a 25mb image. My current box is starting to suffer from old age.
Well i would say those specs are good enough for a windows 7 since its a new thing you could for that as its latest technology
Hi There I'd install Windows 7 with XP Mode for any XP compatability you need. Remember that only the Pro / Ultimate versions support XP Mode. You could test Windows 7 on a VM on your current setup. If you need help on setting up a VM see my VM setup guide based on Windows 7 here Regards