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Japanlinux

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Registered: 2010-05-18

Posts: 173

VirtualBox Win7 guest

Hello! I would like to use Win7 in virtualbox, and was wondering if anyone knew how to lower Win7 Ram usage. I already have it set to best performance (but after using Openbox/pekwm, it's not good enough ). So Io was wondering if there was a way to get a openbox type window manager on Windows. The reason I am asking, is because i don't have much RAM, and would rather not have VB Windows using most of it, giving any programs I have to run less to use. Also I legally own 7, which is why I'm using it, and not XP. And there are several programs I need which wine doesn't like on my comp so much (though also for some games if I can get Win to not use so much Ram) I realize the irony of asking a Windows question here, but I've been use to the Arch/linux ability to keep the OS ram use low, so when VB is open, i'm a bit annoyed at how much it uses, if you can imagine Thanks for any help, and sorry for dragging in a question about Windows to this forum o.O

ngoonee

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Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,355

Re: VirtualBox Win7 guest

How much RAM does your machine have in the first place? Being annoyed at a number doesn't make sense unless its actually having some non-imaginary effect.

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Japanlinux

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Registered: 2010-05-18

Posts: 173

Re: VirtualBox Win7 guest

Well I am able to give VB 800mb. But even with best performance, it feels sluggish. It's either my imagination, VB' s fault, or Win7's fault, though I would pin it on Win7 since 800mb should be enough, I think.

Barghest

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From: Hanau/Germany

Registered: 2008-01-03

Posts: 563

Re: VirtualBox Win7 guest

I also tried Win7 in Vbox and gave it 1024 Mb RAM but it was pain in the a** even with the "classic look".

So I'll stick with XP.

Last edited by Barghest (2010-05-30 10:35:51)

Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 1,819

Re: VirtualBox Win7 guest

I haven't had much success with Windows 7 either. The install went fine including Guest Additions, but I can't even get the audio to work and graphics effects were really slow. I couldn't really bother though because I have almost 50 games installed on XP while giving it only 400 MB RAM.