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This is precisely what I do!
The problem with Windows users is that can't even conceive of more than one OS to do what they want. They want one OS to do it all, and that's Windows. Which runs windows programs reasonably well... but does an abysmal job of security. By design.
I run MSOffice in XP in VirtualBox. WinXP is relegated to doing one thing: run those apps. No AV, no anti-malware, no browser, no networking, no *nothing*. It runs Photoshop. MSOffice (because I like the VBA IDE better in Win2000 than in LibreOffice). That's it.
Easy.
And for the really cool stuff, Linux is where it's at. FireFox, music, video, youtube, irc, email, EVERYTHING else - ANYTHING that could possibly have an infection runs in an environment that is... well, nothing can run in it that I don't expressly give permission to?
I compile my own copy of Blender that I get from svn using cmake. Before that, I had subscribed - still am, actually - to a PPA with frequent recent builds of Blender that would update whenever the OS was updated, which is frequently. Not available in Windows.
I won't touch on GIMP: can't hold an extinguished candle to Photoshop yet, and at the rate they're going, I doubt it'll happen. Which is what VirtualBox (free) is for.
Oh, btw, I noticed some legacy apps won't run in Win8. There is a solution, of course.
I run MSOffice in XP in VirtualBox. WinXP is relegated to doing one thing: run those apps. No AV, no anti-malware, no browser, no networking, no *nothing*. It runs Photoshop. MSOffice (because I like the VBA IDE better in Win2000 than in LibreOffice). That's it.
Easy.
And for the really cool stuff, Linux is where it's at. FireFox, music, video, youtube, irc, email, EVERYTHING else - ANYTHING that could possibly have an infection runs in an environment that is... well, nothing can run in it that I don't expressly give permission to?
I compile my own copy of Blender that I get from svn using cmake. Before that, I had subscribed - still am, actually - to a PPA with frequent recent builds of Blender that would update whenever the OS was updated, which is frequently. Not available in Windows.
I won't touch on GIMP: can't hold an extinguished candle to Photoshop yet, and at the rate they're going, I doubt it'll happen. Which is what VirtualBox (free) is for.
Oh, btw, I noticed some legacy apps won't run in Win8. There is a solution, of course.
Posted by Robynsveil
Updated - 20th Nov
