On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Wed, 30 Nov 2016, Gerhard Zintel wrote: > >> On Wednesday 30 November 2016, Felmon Davis wrote: >>>> Or you could install Linux, and run Windoze in Virtualbox. >>> >>> it's got an i7 and 8gb ram. never really fooled with VB. >>> >>> oh well. love is a sometime thing. >> >> I'm running Linix Mint on my Zenbook UX305FA and Win 7 in a virtual >> box and it runs nicely! >> >> Gerhard > > against my better instincts I decided to try the Zenbook. will attempt a dual > install. > > we'll see. > > f. reporting back after long last. I had bought the Zenbook ux330ua and was wanting to run Windows 7 and Linux on it. it has been returned to the seller. Linux ran rather smoothly on it. I couldn't get Windows 7 to see past some kind of uefi limitation. secure-boot was turned off and the 'legacy boot' utility csm was on but I got an error about failing 'acpi compliance' which I could not overcome. I did run Windows 7 in a VM for a while but I'd rather be able to boot to Windows directly. I realized I couldn't stand the thought of running Windows 10 - I'm unhappy about the forced update policy among other things. I also didn't like the fact the unit had two regular-size usb and one micro. the ux305f I had bought previously has three regulars. I haven't yet experimented with 'booting' a Windows partition on the hard-drive into a VM. f. -- Felmon Davis When you die, you lose a very important part of your life. -- Brooke Shields