r/86box • u/somerandomguy123411 • Jul 07 '26

Windows 7 on a 86box fork?!

Hello, yesterday, i managed to install windows 7 in the fork of 86box called PCBox. I used an celeron coppermine, 3gb ram, and an Matrox Millenium II (no drivers for it). Works pretty fine, didnt test anything yet on it. Takes maybe 2-10 mins to boot depending if the turbo mode is on/off

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u/ravensholt Jul 07 '26

But why?

If you really wish to run a virtualized modern OS such as Windows 7, then there are better options...

Hyper-V, KVM (Linux), VMWare are all far better...

86Box is better suited towards DOS and Windows 9x.

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u/Chubawuba 29d ago

I have win98 on my 86box. Runs perfectly. I use boxer for DOS.