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It seems like the performance loss when using Boot to VHD is minimal (is this also the case when using a differencing disk, to keep my "master" VHD clean, or will the performance decrease significantly?).

That said, do you keep a bare metal installation on your computer? Are there any reasons to do this, assuming these limitations are of no concern? With the amount of power compared to virtual machine software and increased flexibility over bare metal installation, plus the fact that you can setup boot to VHD without having a host OS installed, it seems like the decision to only use boot to VHD is obvious.

Yet I read many dev blogs where the developer maintains a bare metal OS install for production work. What else should I be considering before making the full switch?

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Can someone retag this with virtualization? – Earlz Mar 4 '10 at 16:39
this is more of a discussion-oriented question than this site is designed for. see superuser.com/faq : "Avoid asking questions that are subjective, argumentative, or require extended discussion." – quack quixote Mar 4 '10 at 16:47
Whoops, sorry guys. – Sam Pearson Mar 4 '10 at 17:53
This is a good question - this kind of stuff is discussed on StackOverflow all the time. Would vote to re-open if I could. – Gabe Moothart Mar 4 '10 at 19:15
@Gabe: it's certainly an interesting topic, but this is not Stack Overflow, and SU has been discouraging this type of abstract question. if you'd like to change that, please open a dialog on Meta (and link to this question). – quack quixote Mar 4 '10 at 22:39
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