[ale] VMPlayer 3 vs VirtualBox

[Cameron Kilgore]

Actually, the price of Fusion recently dropped to $50, and to be honest,
the DirectX performance in VirtualBox is not to my liking, so I caved in
and bought it.

I still use VirtualBox religiously on Linux/Unix.

--Cameron <http://ghostfreeman.net>


On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Asher Vilensky <dorfa1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I switched from VMware to VirtualBox for a different reason:  $$.  I had
> Fusion running on my Mac and Apple wanted more money when I moved from my
> old Mac to a new one.  In the past, you had no choice for Fusion was the
> only option to run virtual boxes on a Mac.  But thanks to VirtualBox that
> is no longer a problem.  Installed VB and Win-7 in it with no problems at
> all.  Free at last, free at last.
>
> -- Asher
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> My host is Windoze 7 64 bit.
>>
>> I am debating between VMPlayer 3 vs VirtualBox 4.
>>
>> Does it even matter ?  VMPlayer cannot be run headless while VirtualBox I
>> guess can be.
>>
>> Which product is more OpenSource friendly VMP or VBX ?
>>
>> -Narahari
>>
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