Installfest related question

[Harold]

I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7 
installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and 
assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version Centos 
64-bit system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I know 
some changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be 
compromising my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the motherboard, or 
calling home or some such system change that will prevent setting up 
dual boot or getting a copy of the system for use in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes have 
been made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin GPS update 
program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a bit 
confused.

Harold


On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:
> This Saturday's Installfest has moved!  UAT has some conflicting 
> scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed to 
> host for these dates.  Updated event info:
> http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html 
> <http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html?Itemid=1&filter_reset=1>
>
> The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
> 9/6
> 9/20
> 10/18
>
> We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.
>
> Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224, which is 
> the NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye.  There is a free public parking 
> garage across the street, with a crosswalk leading from the garage to 
> our doorstep.
> http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg
>
>
> -Jill
>
>
>
>
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