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[Tom <question77319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77319 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77319

Tom proposed the following answer:
Installing firmware sounds like a permanent change to your machine or is
it "firmware" within your virtual machine (which seems unlikely)?

Note that running Ubuntu inside a virtual machine running on top of
Windows negates a lot of the advantages of running ubuntu as it will be
depending on many Windows systems running perfectly in order to be able
to function at all.  A bit like building a house on shifting sands.

A good way to try Ubuntu without making any permanent change to your machine is to simply put the cd in yur cd/dvd-drive and reboot the machine.  It should get you to a menu with an option "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine", if not this guide should help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
Choosing the "Try Ubuntu ... " option should get you to a working desktop which we call a "LiveCd session" if it works.  The LiveCd session should allow you to surf although saving anything in that session is a little more difficult than it appears as you have to make an effort to save things to your hard-drive rather than just onto the Desktop or the "Documents" folders - using the "Places" menu can help with that tho.

If you like the LiveCd session then installing properly as part of a dual-boot gives Ubuntu it's own proper space 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
and this would allow it to use your resources better rather than trying to use whatever is left over after Windows has taken what it needs.  

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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