Virtual Machine Vs Separate Partition

[Scott]

Earl Violet wrote:
> Well, on the plus side of the virtual machine, Grub won't screw up
> your machine.  You can dynamically allocate the partition size so you
> really use the space you need and no more.  You can save snapshots
> and experiment and if your experiment breaks the install, you can go
> back to the last snapshot.  You can run the virtual machine and the
> host simultaneously and move data between them.
Ok, sounds nice.

> 
> As for testing something before an install, the virtual machine
> probably won't have the same hardware you have.
So, for testing out new OS's and for the couple things I need from win a 
VM is good, but for testing new releases of Kubuntu I should use a 
different partition?

I know I will need to benchmark the Windows XP in a VM as the couple 
things I need from windows are the few games I can't run in Kubuntu and 
games are resource hungry.  But, the games I play are not as bad as most 
the average games.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott

Sent to you from a Linux computer using Kubuntu Version 7.10