Windows 8 gets allot better with <a href="http://classicshell.net">classicshell.net</a> or stardocks start8. I also found modernmix was another large improvement.<div><br></div><div><span></span><br><br>On Thursday, August 15, 2013, Lisa Kachold  wrote:<br>
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Trent Shipley <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e({}, &#39;cvml&#39;, &#39;trent_shipley@yahoo.com&#39;);" target="_blank">trent_shipley@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div>I have a Windows 8 laptop on order.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">


I would like to run Ubuntu as a guest on a virtual machine.  What are some good candidates?  It doesn&#39;t have to be free, but VMware for Workstations would be overkill at this point.  Is Oracle still developing Virtual Box?</div>


  </div></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div>Trent,<div><br></div><div>You might find that Win8 is more of a &quot;tablet&quot; OS and without the touch screen it&#39;s not really what you need?</div><div><br></div><div>

In that case you can install Ubuntu (if you like the Unity Desktop) after imaging it or dual boot install (Ubuntu provides for this trivially).</div><div><br></div><div>Personally, my Windows systems are so slow I prefer using Linux on everything. </div>

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