Comments on: How to Run Windows on OS X for free with Sun’s Virtualbox http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2008/09/30/how-to-run-windows-on-os-x-for-free-with-suns-virtualbox/ Sun, 15 May 2011 19:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michael Buckbee http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2008/09/30/how-to-run-windows-on-os-x-for-free-with-suns-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-10374 Michael Buckbee Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:02:34 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/?p=148#comment-10374 @Asbjorn - You can definitely still tell you are in a Virtual Machine, the mouse "skitters" a little bit. Responsiveness is just a little slower than you'd find generally acceptable, that sort of thing. @Fat Bloke - the biggest feature I think VirtualBox is missing is Fusion's "Coherence" feature where you can designate an application to run as if it were a mac app (not confined to the virtual screen session), also things like setting file types to open in applications in the VM, etc. @Asbjorn – You can definitely still tell you are in a Virtual Machine, the mouse “skitters” a little bit. Responsiveness is just a little slower than you’d find generally acceptable, that sort of thing.

@Fat Bloke – the biggest feature I think VirtualBox is missing is Fusion’s “Coherence” feature where you can designate an application to run as if it were a mac app (not confined to the virtual screen session), also things like setting file types to open in applications in the VM, etc.

]]> By: Fat Bloke http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2008/09/30/how-to-run-windows-on-os-x-for-free-with-suns-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-10373 Fat Bloke Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:29:51 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/?p=148#comment-10373 Out of interest... What features do you think VirtualBox lacks which VMware and Parallels have? - FB Out of interest…
What features do you think VirtualBox lacks which VMware and Parallels have?

- FB

]]> By: Asbjørn Ulsberg http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/2008/09/30/how-to-run-windows-on-os-x-for-free-with-suns-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-10372 Asbjørn Ulsberg Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:05:15 +0000 http://www.buzzwordcompliant.net/?p=148#comment-10372 Interesting. I've bought Parallels 3.0, but as I'm not compeltely satisfied with it, I might give Virtualbox a spin. Do you have any idea how it performs compared to Parallels and VMware Fusion? Interesting. I’ve bought Parallels 3.0, but as I’m not compeltely satisfied with it, I might give Virtualbox a spin. Do you have any idea how it performs compared to Parallels and VMware Fusion?

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