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by cshokie 1058 days ago
Compatibility with Windows seems a lot better in 7 compared to 6, both as host and as guest. They also seem to have added a number of features such as secure boot. It seems that there was quite a time gap between 6 and 7 so a whole lot of changes built up.

Whether those things matter to you, or not, is in the eye of the beholder.
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rincebrain 1058 days ago
I mean, Secure Boot went in in a furious rush because otherwise Windows 11 wouldn't boot stock, heh.
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cshokie 1058 days ago
VirtualBox 7 came out almost exactly one year after the initial release of Windows 11. The bypass of the Secure Boot requirement was needed for quite a while.

October 2022 https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0

October 2021 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11

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rincebrain 1057 days ago
Sure, I know it was required for a while, but ISTR there being a very visible burst of work toward it and TPM support right after that requirement change became public.
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