Myth 1: "Simulators have input lag."
Truth: With VMware Tools installed and "High Precision Input" enabled, USB polling passes through directly. Your mouse feels more responsive than on a real 8.1 machine because the host’s USB controller is faster.

Myth 2: "You can't watch Netflix inside a Win8.1 simulator."
Truth: Thanks to GPU acceleration, 1080p video decodes on the host GPU. It actually uses less CPU than running Win8.1 on a Core 2 Duo.

Myth 3: "Simulators are only for nerds."
Truth: Pre-configured Windows 8.1 simulation images are now available for download (legally, if you own a license). You can be up and running in 3 minutes.

VirtualBox has been the open-source darling for a decade. Recent updates (version 7.0+) have closed the gap with VMware significantly.

The simulator doesn't care about Windows Update's slowness. Let it run overnight. A fully updated 8.1 simulator is more secure than a bare-metal install that hasn't been updated since 2019.

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VirtualBox has been the open-source darling for a decade. Recent updates (version 7.0+) have closed the gap with VMware significantly. It actually uses less CPU than running Win8

The simulator doesn't care about Windows Update's slowness. Let it run overnight. A fully updated 8.1 simulator is more secure than a bare-metal install that hasn't been updated since 2019.

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Is your Anti-virus app slowing down your computer?

I received a call from a customer the other day where they were complaining that their computer was running extremely slow. The customer would start typing in a document and there would be an extreme delay. It would take several moments for the computer

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Does your internet connection drop out from time to time? Here is an explanation of why it happens…

I was sitting at my desk last night doing my college homework and listening to streaming music (yay for Spotify I connected my desktop PC directly to the modem and reset it. After doing an ipconfig /renew from the command line, I had Internet