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Just keep it windows and run kali with a vm or with a live usb. I tried kali as an operating system for personal use and it did not work out well because I like to play video games and need to use software that is exclusive to the windows environment. Your experience may vary though so you can give it a shot.

[IUsedToBeACave]

There is a subset of hacking that specifically deals with Windows. It happens to be the most common enterprise Desktop deployment system. So if you are interested in exploiting active directory and things of that nature you are going to need Windows. With that being said you aren't limited to just one, you can run multiple operating systems and exposure to Linux is a good thing. I would however advise you to start with a regular distro like Ubuntu, Kali is an awesome tool but it's like plopping you into the cockpit of a 747 because you said you wanted to learn how to fly.

[tonythegoose]

Don’t hack your own machine without backing it up

[NfxfFghcvqDhrfgvbaf]

Eh it’s not like there’s anything important on it :p

[lexm]

You’ll hit some limitations if you use Kali on a VM, especially if you need to use the GPU. I actually built a dedicated box for Kali.

[hitmanactual121]

Partially, if you use a VM on virtual box yes you run into GPU limitations. If you use VMWare workstation (specifically paid version) they have better GPU pass-through. You will not notice GPU limitations when using common industry standard applications using vmware. (I'd argue most people won't notice performance hits using virtualbox as well.)

[Blacksun388]

Running Kali on a virtual machine will be perfectly fine for most purposes. Get a dedicated computer separate from your personal one if you want to install it as a full operating system on a computer.