Harold,

This decision is up to what you would like to do. Dual booting Windows and CentOS will not affect your ability to remote into your computer while offsite. The risk of security is no different if you just at CentOS running honestly. Any computer can be riddled with all sorts of malicious software.

The thing you want to concentrate on is the hardware of the computer. Myself, I could dual boot my Wins 7 system but I have 2 HDDs so I don't mind. I have ISOs of WINs7 also and virtualize that envirorment to learn the system w/out dual booting. The other thing to consider is that with dual boot, you will have to restart you computer each time you want to go into the other system. Use VBox, VMPlayer, or HyperV if you wanted will allow you to stay in one system and create a guest OS.

When you come to the Installfest on the 20th down in Chandler. A lot of people will be there and you can ask in-person because everyone will have different options. Some might even have the ability to show you the difference on their own computers.

Hope thats enough to get you started thinking about what direction you want to go.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold <iscreamkid@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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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