VirtualBox vs. Parallels vs. VMWare Fusion?

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bobalandi
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VirtualBox vs. Parallels vs. VMWare Fusion?

Post by bobalandi »

What kind of advantages does virtualbox give me in comparison to using Parallels or VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X? Thanks in advance
JimBushWhack
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Re: VirtualBox vs. Parallels vs. VMWare Fusion?

Post by JimBushWhack »

The obvious advantage is its free....
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Re: VirtualBox vs. Parallels vs. VMWare Fusion?

Post by loukingjr »

I can tell you I have tried all three and they all have their own issues. I can also tell you that, VirtualBox seems to run more OS's than the other two... and it's free
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Re: VirtualBox vs. Parallels vs. VMWare Fusion?

Post by thoughtbox »

bobalandi wrote:What kind of advantages does virtualbox give me in comparison to using Parallels or VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X? Thanks in advance
I've been very happy with Virtualbox for the simple reason that I feel "platform independent". I use both Linux, Windows and Solaris systems and I am able to copy/migrate/use virtual images between all three systems.

+ for Fusion though: iSight works in Windows guests. I am having real trouble with this under Virtualbox; would be nice to know why.

/TB
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