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Surface pro 9 windows 10 running VirtualBox for windows XP is very very slow.

Anonymous
2023-10-04T14:15:33+00:00

I have just changed from surface pro 6 to surface pro 9 but the VirtualBox, which I need to use for some old programs on windows XP, is very very slow. .i.e. unusable. Can anyone help or should I sell the surface pro 9?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T15:19:40+00:00

    I don't know what S.P.6 has for ram but what I read was it has 8gb ram with a i5 cpu.

    I think of these devices as a tablet/phone devices. I Saw the new S.P.9 have "pretty" colors now too haha. Windows 11 is backwards compatable. The one issuse with S.P.9 is that it is set as a processor_architecture as a [ARM] Device commonly seen on android devices|tablet devices|phone devices. Windows XP is a 32bit / 64bit system. If you deside to trading/ selling the S.P.9. I would try for an i7 cpu and a minimum of 16gb ram. If your set on Touch screen they call these 2-in-1 computers now. I know the S.P is around the cost of a gamer laptop. I recently got a MSI Katana its amazing but the downfalls is no touch screen and the black color.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T15:49:21+00:00

    Hello, the suface pro 6 had 16gb of ram and an I7 processor. The Pro 6 has 16gb of ram and the 12 core i7 processor. Don't understand why it is running so slowly in virtualbox.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T21:32:42+00:00

    Hi im back had to get cat snacks. Yes. Technically it should be able to run at least 50% speed wich is half of the specs of the computer and the XP Windows is simple. It should be "ok" but it may get down to the processor_architecture. The ARM devices are newer with a little less support. I saw an Emulator on the MS store but that is not the correct Windows version. Should check the virtual settings anyways but I bet you already set it. I don't know if there is a BIOS setting for VM or not in a S.P.9 .

    ctrl+r

    cmd.exe

    C:\Windows\System32\OptionalFeatures.exe

    check the check box virtual mashine platfourm.

    Also If you are using vurtualbox.org some times the older release versions may run better it can be a hit/miss sometimes & sometimes it don't work. There are clues to if it is working properly on there fourms.

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