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Virtualizing a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit os

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Mar 15, 20268262 views
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So I was wondering if anybody knew if there was any performance issues with virtualizing a 32 bit os, in my case 32 bit windows 7, on a 64 bit os, mac osX lion. I remember reading that running 32 bit processes in a 64 bit system can cause performance robbing situations with paging memory. Does this…

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Fix for: Virtualizing a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit os

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in theory it shouldnt be a problem. We could debate the semantics but If you are running any 32 bit programs on your 64 bit computer then you are running those programs in a virtual environment (which you likely are running 32 bit processes). But sp…

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