VBox compare to MS VirtualPC 2007

SwampCat · Post by **SwampCat** » 14. Nov 2007, 11:32

Greetings all,

Where I can read something like Comparison List

what are the advantages compare to MS Virtual PC 2007 an so on...

Thanks in advance

nunjabusiness · Post by **nunjabusiness** » 14. Nov 2007, 14:52

I can tell you from personal experience that VirtualPC works best with Windows OSes and not *nix. However, it does a slightly better job with some Windows (2008, Vista) than VirtualBox.

But ... VirtualBox has worked beautifully on every single Linux and linux-like OS I have tried so far. It also does XP pretty nicely.
And VirtualPC does NOT have seamless windows (my favorite feature!)

SwampCat · Post by **SwampCat** » 14. Nov 2007, 15:27

nunjabusiness wrote:... VirtualPC does NOT have seamless windows (my favorite feature!)

Hi nunjabusiness,
Thanks for quick reply.
Much appreciated

May I ask you to enlighten me about "seamless windows"

... just a few words ...( not a complete newbie here

)

My kind regards
Cheers

Technologov · Post by **Technologov** » 14. Nov 2007, 21:21

Virtual PC works really good if both your host & guest is Windows. Virtual PC however doesn't progressing anywhere since 2003. All of the changes are mostly cosmetic.

VirtualBox achieved in 3 months about the same progress as VirtualPC in 4 years !

If you mix any non-Windows OSes, then VirtualBox usually works better. For Windows-only scenarios, that depends... VirtualBox has highter performance , but VirtualBox doesn't supports Windows 98 guests, while VirtualPC supports them fully. I still use Windows 98 pretty much.

As for performance, I have done some benchmarks: (link is time limited)
http://download.yousendit.com/F085472329B834FE

-Technologov

SwampCat · Post by **SwampCat** » 15. Nov 2007, 05:06

Technologov wrote:...VirtualBox achieved in 3 months about the same progress as VirtualPC in 4 years !...

Hi Technologov,

Thanks for additional info on this. It's much appreciated

I specifically left only that part of your post to make a bit of a fun remark. And here it goes:
Don't be so hard on MS, please. MS achieved some things in 4 years too!
Nov 2007 Shell32.dll; ShellExecute function; URIs vulnerability:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943460
2003 The different one - buffer overfl_WOW! ("deep in DEP") vulnerability in API "ShellExecute" in "shell32.dll" in that crappy code goes way back
http://secunia.com/advisories/9175/
reported fixed November 6, 2003 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
So far so good!

My kind regards

P.S.
1) if you have experience with Virtbox and just a few spare minutes can you have a look at my other request:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=2848 . No obligations ... you may ignore this.
2) reading your nickname it sounds like we can speak Russian... am I mistaken?

Cheers

Technologov · Post by **Technologov** » 15. Nov 2007, 08:38

SwampCat:
>reading your nickname it sounds like we can speak Russian... am I mistaken?

You're absolutely correct.

SwampCat · Post by **SwampCat** » 15. Nov 2007, 10:16

Technologov wrote:SwampCat:
>reading your nickname it sounds like we can speak Russian... am I mistaken?
You're absolutely correct.

Thanks 4 answering... but sure we shouldn't do that in English Forum...
we have to be polite and respectful

Cheers