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Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

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Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

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post #14

This all feels like a race where the model companies try to solve doing work locally in a way that doesn't suck, before the major operating systems companies figure out AI integration into their OS that doesn't suck. It also makes me wonder why Google which has both Gemini and Android can't figure this out, and if there are lessons to draw from that.

They are releasing AluminumOS with their Googlebooks, which is a AI forward OS. If its good or not we have yet to see.

Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

#22

Isn’t it good that it spins up without no way of stopping it? Why would it be a problem that we do have a way of stopping it?

This question is answered by the post? There is reportedly actually no way of stopping it happen. Perhaps the poster had a brain fart while typing it. Maybe they speak a different dialect of English from you.

Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

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post #19
post #11

Why are the UIs of the AI companies all broken in multiple ways?

Many people will say it’s because of the slop. I think it’s because they have no product vision. The roadmap is pretty much a random walk, which combined with the velocity of agentic coding is like digging a moat with atomic bombs.

I find this analogy particularly humorous, as atomic bombs do not make for good excavators

Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

#26

The VM itself is for Claude Cowork which does all work within the VM sandbox. That doesn't help answer why they spin it up immediately and don't have a way to disable it though. Just the "why it exists" question.

Probably because they vibecoded it

Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

#27

Isn’t it good that it spins up without no way of stopping it? Why would it be a problem that we do have a way of stopping it?

Op is nitpicking on the poorly written title. I came here to find that comment :)

Re: Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use

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post #5

I won't understand why Cowork isn't simply opt-in. It also installs a ~10GB vm bundle which you cannot remove https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1rlc71n/claude_de...

It was on my machine at least, I remember I had to do an additional install to activate that tab...
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