Windows 7 or Windows 10 in a VM?

[ng4ever]

I can't decide. I know the obvious chose is Windows 10 but still not sure.

 

[Winter Soldier]

It depends on the reason: for malware testing/analysis it is better Windows 7 imo (minor system protections, and you can focus on the test ).
Both are pretty light working in the VM, I've tested Windows 10 under VMware and considering my hardware, I do not complain.

 

[ng4ever]

It depends on the reason: for malware testing/analysis it is better Windows 7 imo (minor system protections, and you can focus on the test ).
Both are pretty light working in the VM, I've tested Windows 10 under VMware and considering my hardware, I do not complain.

Thanks makes sense!

 

[Evjl's Rain]

W7 if you set RAM allocation = 2Gb or less. If you have plenty of RAM, you can install W10
w7 will run a lot faster than W10 if you don't have high specs, no doubt

NOTE: don't forget to disable superfetch. You VM will be x2 faster

 

[McLovin]

It all depends on what hardware you are running on your host. If you are running older hardware, even if you pick Windows 7 or Windows 10 both will be slow. I've always gone with Windows 10 as that is what I do most of my testing on.

 

[Ink]

Does not matter.

I use to run Windows XP and Vista simultaneously in VM, on Windows 7 using an Intel Core 2 Duo (Vaio FW11E) with 3GB RAM - many years ago.

 

[JHomes]

What are you using it for? I test all incoming Windows Updates on a Windows 10 VM with RollBack Rx so in that case I need Win 10.

If you're wondering about performance, these OS's are largely the same in terms of performance requirements.

 

[Game Of Thrones]

win 10 definitely, win 7 is out of support.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... so hard question.....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...... ah yes :

What about the same OS you are using ?

 

[Rengar]

You can start with windows millennium