Windows Xp For — Bochs

Installing Windows XP on VirtualBox takes 15 minutes. On Bochs, the same installation can take 6 to 12 hours . Booting XP on Bochs can take 5–10 minutes. Opening the Start Menu can take 10 seconds.

Because Bochs is purely interpreted, Windows XP can be sluggish without the right settings in your bochsrc.txt file. Recommended Value Description guest=512, host=512 windows xp for bochs

Bochs does use KVM or hardware acceleration. Emulation speed depends entirely on host CPU and emulated CPU complexity. Installing Windows XP on VirtualBox takes 15 minutes