I want to get into Arch Linux, but I don't have that much experience and I feel like it'll be easier to set it up in a virtual machine rathen than dual booting, I've used Oracle VirtualBox before but it's very laggy. Are there any other VMs that aren't as laggy, or do I just have a hardware issue?
I'd say VirtualBox is still your best bet b/c of its well-polished user interface - ie unless you plan to play games.
Had you installed "extension pack" & "guest additions"? If not, please do! They make a world of difference.
Grab them for the version you've installed from VirtualBox downloads directory. Install
Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-x.y.z.vbox-extpack
on your machine andVBoxGuestAdditions_x.y.z.iso
on your VM.For example, for version 7.0.10:
HTH