Using Vida On Virtual Machine - Any Disadvantage?

Oka · Post by **Oka** » 08 Jan 2024, 21:06

Connecting Volvo to Vida, through a virtual machine, what would be the disadvantage?
Cheeers

dikidera · Post by **dikidera** » 08 Jan 2024, 23:07

Cumbersome. A VM is a resource hog. Works perfectly fine directly on actual hardware even Windows 11.

It's just a roundabout way to run VIDA. Like writing a GUI in visual basic to track the killer's IP.

Post by **velorider** » 09 Jan 2024, 00:20

I run it in a VM on a Linux laptop no problem. Performance doesn't seem to be an issue. Previously, it was in a VM on a Mac, again no problems.

dikidera · Post by **dikidera** » 09 Jan 2024, 05:13

If your primary OS is not Windows then sure. But if it is, I see no reason to.

Post by **vtl** » 09 Jan 2024, 06:23

dikidera wrote: 09 Jan 2024, 05:13 If your primary OS is not Windows then sure. But if it is, I see no reason to.

Who in 2024 has Windows as a primary OS? Why? What for?

In 2024 even nested virtualization (virtual machine in virtual machine on hypervisor) is not bad at all.

dikidera · Post by **dikidera** » 09 Jan 2024, 07:33

It's been my primary OS since the early 2000s. I do occasionally use Linux and I am not a stranger to compiling kernels, I've done that quite a lot. But still Windows is my primary OS.

Oka · Post by **Oka** » 09 Jan 2024, 08:57

Thanks every one for your replies and info, I really appreciate it all !

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Jan 2024, 10:09

I had Vida on a VM (Mac, Intel) and Windows XP (yes this was over a decade ago) caught a virus. It was not salvageable via any reasonable amount of effort, so I nuked the whole thing with one button click. Poof. Problem solved.

I think then I cloned a sibling VM with a bare Windows install on it, installed Vida, and was back in business in just minutes of actual human time/effort.

If you think of VMs as disposable, this strategy can save time and headaches. But keep it just to Windows/Vida to make it easy to play to the strengths of this strategy. If you put lots of work/documents on the VM, and don't back it up, all the elegance and simplicity is absent, and you have all the traditional drawbacks of a physical PC you depend on.

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Jan 2024, 10:13

But to answer your question directly -- no drawbacks, all the physical ports are "there", and have been since the 2000s. A VM with Windows will "see" peripherals just fine. That problem was solved long ago.

Oka · Post by **Oka** » 09 Jan 2024, 21:14

The laptop I am going to use will only be for VIDA (VirtualBox) and a car scanning software on host (Windows 10). Just those two only, nothing else.

Would anyone have a VIDA in a Windows 7 OVA or VDI file I can use?
Or, is there where I can download one?
Though the VirtualBox installed will be on Windows 10 Pro x64.

Cheers