VirtualBox versus VMWare

[Chris G]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 03:49:38PM +0200, Clayton wrote:
> 
> Note:  VirtualBox is a lot easier to use and install (the Open Source
> Edition is even in the Ubuntu repositories, and the full release
> binary from VirtualBox is available in DEB for Ubuntu from
> VirtualBox.org), and in most (but not all cases) an equal choice... I
> use it generally more than VMWare, but VMWare still does a few things
> better... so in those cases VMWare still has a home on my computer.
> 
What are the relative pluses and minuses of VirtualBox and VMWare in
your opinion?  I use VMWare Workstation at the moment to run Windows
XP on a Linux system.  What would I gain and what would I lose if I
movesd to VirtualBox?  (I'd gain a bit of money at least!)

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Chris Green