windows in a virtual machine

[Michael]

"I always get keys from gkeys24.com, win10 is like $7 bucks for a legit
key, win11 a bit more (but ew)"

Why 'ew'? is 11 garbage?
also... I can't enter my payment information at http://gkeys24.com/

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 11:07 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Agreed, use Virtualbox, get the windows 10/11 iso from microsoft's own
> site, install windows in a VM just like you would another PC.  I've been
> doing this for ~20 years, as long as I've used linux as a full-time system,
> and the only way to run windoze.
>
> This also comes with the advantage of being able to leverage Snapshots.
> As soon as your clean windoze vm is installed, registered all shiny and
> unmolested, create a Snapshot of your image.  Should your Dad get infected
> in any way, or even just suspects it, before any upgrade, anything dubious,
> just restore to that Snapshot, and good as new again to a perfect state.
>
> I always get keys from gkeys24.com, win10 is like $7 bucks for a legit
> key, win11 a bit more (but ew).  I can forward you a latest ad, they tend
> to hide windoze licenses from the main site to avoid microsoft's lawyers (I
> assume).
>
> -mb
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 7:41 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Michael --
>>
>> Yes, you can install Linux and then additionally install VirtualBox. From
>> there you can download the Windows 10 ISO
>>
>> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
>>
>> and then install it. Obviously, you'll need a valid license key to
>> install.
>>
>> There was a thread here recently about cheap and reliable windows keys
>> recently.
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Alexander
>>
>> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 04:21 Michael via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> My father is interested in Linux but he needs Windows. I HEARD that you
>>> can d/l the windows ISO to usb and that it will install to the computer if
>>> it originally came with windows. If that is true my question is: what about
>>> if I were to install linux and then put windows into a virtual machine;
>>> Could I do that? Where would I go to get the windows ISO?
>>>
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