first i want to thank Wolfhere for this... "Sounds to me like you have a pretty good machine for a noob. I have been at it since 1982." i may be a
to programming but i know that a good machine helps a lot to get done what i want too. mostly due to playing World of Warcraft is why i got a lot more than a "normal" computer.
ok enough of that stuff... lol
when having a virtual machine, does it take out the problems associated with that o/s or do the problems remain? what i mean is, if i run a secure linux system (viruses need not apply for hire) and i want to run windows (virus haven), then do i have to keep the fear of such problems or does having a virtualization create a small box to contain those problems and the fear can leave as well? and if someone could tell me if that is why running a virtual machine is better than dual booting?
this is an interesting thing if it does put it in a box like that... maybe that is why they call it vbox or virtualbox or such things like that? (more noobness showing it seems...
)