[ExI] virtualbox etc.

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sun Feb 28 23:48:25 UTC 2016


On 28 February 2016 at 23:34, William Flynn Wallace  wrote:
> First, this seems inferior:
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410292,00.asp
>
> Second, while I have visited Wikipedia and explored several definitions of
> things, I still cannot figure out the damned thing is for.
>
> It runs a virtual copy of an OS, right?  Why?  If I downloaded Linux, why
> not run that straight rather than through Virtual box?  If I run Windows
> through it will that fix any problems?  See how lost I am?
>
> Maybe it's hard for you to understand that from what I read about this
> stuff, I am a total beginner and thus lost.
>


If you really just want simple email, reading and shopping, Rafal's
suggestion of a cheap Chromebook is ideal for you.

BillK



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