VirtualBox

[Dick Dowdell]

VirtualBox does have an advantage over a dual boot installation in that one
can switch back and forth between OSes without rebooting.  With
hardware-level virtualization, performance is excellent.


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Dick Dowdell <dick.dowdell at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used VMware for years and switched to VirtualBox at the suggestion of a
> friend.  I've used it for a couple of years with Ubuntu as my primary OS
> and Windows 7  as a guest OS.  I do not have anything bad to say about it.
>  It is well documented (you do have to read the documentation), regularly
> updated, and has very flexible networking options.
>
> For individual use I prefer it to VMware, though VMware may have the
> advantage in management tools for enterprise environments.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Norman Silverstone <norman at littletank.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Presently, I have a dual boot installation with Windows 7 and I need to
>> do a major clean-up on the Windows partition to get ride of a large number
>> of .dll files. I understand that I cannot simply re-install Windows 7 so I
>> wondered whether it might be a good idea to ditch the dual boot and to run
>> Windows, with the various bits of software that I use, in a virtual
>> environment. I know absolutely nothing about VirtualBox and would welcome
>> any useful comments based on experience. Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Norman
>>
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Dick Dowdell
Phone: 508-528-4018  Mobile: 508-498-7919
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