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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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Woosh

No. That wasn't a whoosh. Or even a woosh.

Oh, yes, typo aside (which is the lowest form of critique) it was.

It's not about why this or that person would want to install the MS Office on their Mac (millions do after all). So the pointed flew above their head.

It's about the point that many people having to use Google Docs are doing so because corporate wants them to. (In fact most people using MS Office do it because it's a work requirement too).

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

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I wonder. I spin up tons of projects, but I do it differently.

I'm also on windows. But I'm using a WSL linux vm to do the work. Then I have claude ./sync-to-windows, so the src is copied to a windows share via /mnt/drive/work and I just run a windows built.bat.

I have claude take care of the sync/build.bat so it can do things like clear cache, add options, look at logs, etc. This is also how I build multi platform, build on linux, src works on linux/osx/win

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. That wasn't a whoosh. Or even a woosh.

Oh, yes, typo aside (which is the lowest form of critique) it was. It's not about why this or that person would want to install the MS Office on their Mac (millions do after all). So the pointed flew above their head. It's about the point that many people having to use Google Docs are doing so because corporate wants them to. (In fact most people using MS Office do it because it's a work requirement too).

I'm a bit late in replying - but I've been a user of Google Docs since launch by choice and still use it by choice. I've never really worked "corporate" but the few times I've had contact with that world they were entirely Microsoft.
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