It might not be therightmove, but its a necessary move.
But youre not doing yourself the biggest favor if youreassumingyour apps wont work in Windows 10.
Key to this plan is finding a way touseWindows 10 without replacing your Windows 7 with Windows 10.
I tried WinToUSB; I tried Rufus.
I tried messing with all sorts of BIOS controls.
Why a virtual machine, and where do I get one?
Whats not to love?
Well, one thingperformance.
Youll also need an extra 20GB or so of space on your hard drive to store the secondary OS.
And heres hoping you have a reasonably speedy processor.
Instead, browse on over to thisotherMicrosoft site and grab the companys virtual machine forWindows 10 enterprise.
Dont let the name throw you; itll come with lots of features that you dont need.
All were doing is checking for app compatibility, not trying to deploy Windows in a small-business environment.
Youll now see a file that starts with WinDev and ends with the extension .OVA.
Double-click it to load it in VirtualBox.
Once it is done, youll see the listing in VirtualBoxs primary screen.
Highlight it by clicking on it, and then tap on configs.
There are plenty of options you might play with here.
Youll probably play with these values a bit before everything feels as good as its going to get.
