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#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX MAC OS X#
#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX MAC OS#
#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#

If you're only virtualizing Windows, you also have the choice of using Windows Virtual PC. If you want the whole package, VMWare Workstation has everything VMWare Player has and more (like snapshots), but it'll set you back 200 clams, so it probably isn't worth it for most home users.

VMWare is also feels a bit more sluggish, though like VirtualBox, it is free, so it's worth trying both. The main differences are that VMWare's equivalent of seamless mode is a bit better integrated and it has drag-and-drop file sharing, though it doesn't have a snapshot feature-which is, arguably, a more useful feature, which is why VirtualBox ekes it out in this App Directory. VMWare Player is VirtualBox's main competition, providing a similar feature set from a well-known company in virtualization. But, overall, it's still very feature-filled, and with a great documentation and a ton of users, it isn't difficult to find answers to any of your questions. In addition, its "seamless" mode, while cool, isn't done quite as well as VMWare's-it brings the entire toolbar of your guest OS with it, and moving the Windows around isn't the smoothest experience. VirtualBox can seem a little intimidating to most beginners, but so can any virtualization program. You can even share your clipboard back and forth between your virtualized and host OS. It integrates with your mouse pointer, so you don't even have to click on the window to start using it, and lets you create "snapshots" of your machines so, like restore points, you can just boot it up from any point in its history and use it from that point.

#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#

Just insert your install disc (or point it to an ISO on your computer), and you can install it in a virtual machine with as much or as little RAM, CPU, and hard drive space as you want.

#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX MAC OS#

VirtualBox makes running other operating systems-whether it be Linux, other versions of Windows, or even Mac OS X-super easy on your home computer.

Open virtual disk images made in VirtualBox, VMWare, or Microsoft Virtual PC.

Take snapshots of your virtual machines, so you can start it up from any configuration or point in its life.

Run a guest OS in "seamless mode", which puts the applications on your main Windows desktop.

Run multiple virtualized environments simultaneously.

#LIFEHACKER VMWARE VS VIRTUALBOX MAC OS X#

Easy installation of popular operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.