Hi Scott
I'm using both of them, to virtualize a number of operating systems
and not just Windows. Virtualbox will probably suffice for most
things, but I find Fusion to be a more solid product all around.
Fusion is really designed from the ground up to integrate Windows and
OS X, and for me performs a bit better in certain areas. In
particular, Fusion's audio performance is much better than Virtualbox,
which has frequent audio crackling and stuttering for me under
Windows. Fusion also has more tools for resizing your virtual disks,
taking snapshots of them, and the like. Version 2.0 also has a key
remapping feature that I really like, and can be useful for mapping
key combinations across all virtual machines without having to worry
about doing them with each setup. AS I said, though, I have quite a
few virtual machines here, I like to keep up with the various
operating systems and access technologies.
Virtualbox on the other hand is very well suited if you need to
control a lot of the virtualization details--i.e. what virtualized
hardware is in the machine and of what make/model, etc. Virtualbox
also is not 100% accessible yet, it's about 95% and getting better but
some things still need to be done on the command-line through terminal.
Since you can get a trial of Fusion, and Virtualbox is free, why not
download them both and see which works best for you? That would
probably be the best way of deciding which will fit you better.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 06:39, Scott Chesworth wrote:
Hi all,
Currently I have boot camp installed. I'm finding that I'm needing
Windows less and less though so maybe now is the time to virtualise
instead. I've used a demo of Fusion 1.0 or 1.1 I think it was many
moons ago and was pretty impressed. Can anybody who's used Fusion and
Virtual Box give me a quick rundown on the pro's and cons of each,
which one they use, and why? Money is pretty tight here this
christmas, so not wanting to shell out cash on Fusion unless there are
real advantages.
Cheers
Scott
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