I have been using Parallels with several Mac OS X platforms, and have decided to give VMWare a try. I believe Ed migrated to VMWare Mac from Parallels, not certain right now, but seems to me he did. I tested VMWare for Linux and had excellent results, First Time Go and no strange setup or conf issues. It just worked, no fuss, no muss. VirtualBox from Sun works well under Linux also, and is free, but I did have a few setup and config issues to deal with. Once done it was fine. I have used M$ Virtual PC under Windows, and for other M$ OS platforms it works well. It used to work with Linspire Linux as a guest OS until a Service Pack, and later a newer release, took care of that little "destabilizing" problem for M$. But for a free solution where I need to test my apps under different flavors of Windows it has worked out great.
But, to your point, I do not know if there is anything better than VMWare unto itself. I do know that whenever I have tested VMWare out I have been pleased. But in my world if I can get an adequate VM solution for free (M$ Virtual PC and Sun VirtualBox), I will use it. But if I were to have to plunk down a few bucks and bet on the best bang for the bucks, I would be inclined to use VMWare. For Mac Host OS I have found a few too many goofy issues with Parallels, and seen a lot of End User rating where folks rave about VMWare after having used Parallels first. My 5 cents... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Causton > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] VMWare of other Virtualization software > > > Hi All, > > I am about to setup a machine with VMWare GSX for testing. This > apparently > allows booting into multiple operations systems simultaneously, without > having to rely on any particular one as the host OS. > > Just wondering if anyone else has any experience of Machine Virtualization > software and whether there are any other better packages out there. > > Nick > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
