Would there will be people who use a Virtual Machine Operating system emulator software to play Stadia games?

[froggyboy604]

There maybe a few people who use Stadia on a virtual machine operating system emulator because their work or school computer uses a Virtual Machine for installing Windows, and other reasons.

Some schools, work places, and libraries use thin client computers which connect to a virtual machine on a server to use an operating system like Windows 7 which is stored on a virtual drive on a virtual machine server.

I think Stadia maybe used on Virtual Machine software like VMWare, VirtualBox, etc because some public computers still use thin client computers which rely on Virtual Machine software to use an operating system like Windows 10 over a network.

There are also work places which don't let users install Google Chrome, a Stadia compatible browser or the Stadia app to use Stadia on their computers, so using a USB flash drive with a Virtual Machine software with a copy of Windows or Linux on it maybe a way to play Stadia games. Some operating systems like Windows XP may also no longer work with Google Stadia, because most modern web browsers like Chrome and Firefox may no longer support Windows XP.

Windows XP and older OS Users may need to run Windows 7 in a virtual machine, so they can install the Stadia app or use Google Chrome to use Stadia.

 

[Danielx64]

Windows XP and older OS Users may need to run Windows 7 in a virtual machine, so they can install the Stadia app or use Google Chrome to use Stadia.

If the machine in question can't run windows 7 on it, I don't see how it going to be possible to run windows 7 in a VM on that very same hardware.

 

[Grungie]

It sounds all kinds of wrong to be worrying about playing Stadia games when you’re at work.

If you’re doing it at home, you should just run it on Chrome as installing a virtual machine to run software your OS can already run is an unnecessary hoop to jump through.

I also agree with Daniel with XP running Windows 7. If your XP computer doesn’t meet the requirements to run Windows 7, it’s not going to run on a virtual machine. If you have a maxed out XP computer that can run Windows 7, the virtual machine is probably going to be really slow. It’d be cheaper and more efficient to just buy a Stadia capable device at that point.

 

[froggyboy604]

If the machine in question can't run windows 7 on it, I don't see how it going to be possible to run windows 7 in a VM on that very same hardware.

A few inexpensive upgrades like installing more RAM like 3GB of RAM on a XP PC may make Windows 7 in a VM depending on how fast the CPU and video card is on the PC.

 

[Danielx64]

A few inexpensive upgrades like installing more RAM like 3GB of RAM on a XP PC may make Windows 7 in a VM depending on how fast the CPU and video card is on the PC.

Something to keep in mind there is an overhead with running a VM. Maybe better to dual boot.

 

[froggyboy604]

Something to keep in mind there is an overhead with running a VM. Maybe better to dual boot.

This is true there is some overhead, but Windows XP does not use a lot of RAM, and CPU resources. I used XP on an older computer with 256MB of RAM, and a slower 1.6 GHz single core CPU and it ran pretty quickly, so a lot of newer Windows XP PC maybe able to run Windows 7 on a VM without noticeable slowdown problems.

Running another Stadia compatible operating system like Linux Mint which uses less RAM and CPU resources in a VM can be a good option for users who are not allowed to dual-boot on a computer which they don't personally own.

 

[Grungie]

Tbh people who know how to run VM’s are also more than likely also not going to be people who only use XP as their primary operating system. Those people would have XP to run legacy hardware/software.

Iirc Mint has higher requirements (albeit not a lot) than Windows 7, so if their computer can’t handle Windows 7, it won’t handle Mint. You also specifically need a 64bit version of XP, as Mint requires 64bit.