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: [[VM7|< VM7]]
 
VM8 is the 2nd Installfag VM in CollabVM however it has lower specs. This VM is meant to be compatible with older operating systems that cannot runor don't work properly on VM7. The VM was announced on December 30th, 2021 by [[modeco80]]. The VM comes with a Pentium 3 CPU, 512 MB of RAM, and 12 GB of hard disk space, and a Cirrus Logic GD5446 graphics card. (Previously came with a Willamette Pentium 4 CPU and 6.8GB of hard disk space)
 
[[File:VM8_def.png|thumb|right|VM8 when it is in its default state]]
== OSes confirmed to work on VM8 ==
* Windows 8 build 8305 or earlier
* Windows 7 - Runs really sluggishly, highly recommended to use [[VM7]] instead
* Windows Vista
* TinyVista, Tiny7
* Windows XP - While it is perfectly normal (except when shutting down or rebooting), you should just use VM2.
 
== OSes that barely work ==
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* SerenityOS - WindowServer fails to start
* QNX 6 - Runs fine but non-functioning mouse despite USB stack and USB mouse module for all HCIs running.
* NewOS, ArcaOS - Locks up at booting due to KVM
* OpenSolaris, UnixWare, OpenServer - Bootloops
* Windows 8.1, 10, 11 - WillWindows not8.1 and 10 cannot boot at all unlesson MicrosoftPentium releases3, due to the missing SSE2 instruction. Windows 11 does not have a 32-bit version to even boot from.
* Windows Vista betas (Longhorn, post-reset) - Massive graphics issues (VM7), would likely not work at all.
 
== Untested OSes ==
* Windows Vista betas (Longhorn, pre-reset) - They should work?
* Windows Whistler
* Windows Neptune
* Windows 2.x - Tip: qemutab.img has a usb-tablet driver for 2.x, use it for working mouse.
* Everything else
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