Many thanks for your comments, TC.
Well, that's blown a hole in my idea for doing a win7/LL dual boot till the end of the decade.
However, I'm not tempted by the pricey alternative, i.e. to buy win10 Pro (£100 to £130). I wouldn't touch the cheaper win10 HE as it's not possible to manipulate the privacy settings as much.
Looks like it's going to be an LL single boot then, with win8.1 (already have install CD) as VM guest in LL host. Or alternatively, the other way round (LL as VM guest in win8.1 host), though that feels like heresy, as after two years I now feel like an LL afficionado!
I have to say, hand-on-heart, with laptop (1) in signature below, it's probably the most practical and time saving solution to have LL guest on win8.1 host (I have always had many more glitches with LL than with win8.1, which are consequently time-consuming to resolve). I think I'm going to provoke gasps of disbelief with what I've just said... aaaargh!
Mike
PS. Did I really say that..?
Well, that's blown a hole in my idea for doing a win7/LL dual boot till the end of the decade.
However, I'm not tempted by the pricey alternative, i.e. to buy win10 Pro (£100 to £130). I wouldn't touch the cheaper win10 HE as it's not possible to manipulate the privacy settings as much.
Looks like it's going to be an LL single boot then, with win8.1 (already have install CD) as VM guest in LL host. Or alternatively, the other way round (LL as VM guest in win8.1 host), though that feels like heresy, as after two years I now feel like an LL afficionado!
I have to say, hand-on-heart, with laptop (1) in signature below, it's probably the most practical and time saving solution to have LL guest on win8.1 host (I have always had many more glitches with LL than with win8.1, which are consequently time-consuming to resolve). I think I'm going to provoke gasps of disbelief with what I've just said... aaaargh!
Mike
PS. Did I really say that..?
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work