I have to say I agree 1.5.6 worked flawlessly for me whereas 1.6x crashes my
host OS for no apparent reason.


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:58 PM, NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 06/06/2008 12:18 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > today Sun released VirtualBox 1.6.2, a maintenance release. See
> > the ChangeLog
> >
> >   http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
> >
> > for a list of changes since VirtualBox 1.6.0.
> >
> > The binaries and the manual can be downloaded here:
> >
> >   http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> >
>
> IMO this is a huge regression with regards to startup speed, cpu usage,
> video selection etc., compared to 1.5.6.
>
> I'll spend a few days comparing, but I have 2 nearly identical systems
> (same CPU/MB, same video, memory - is less on the 1.5.6, same guest
> setup (Win2KPro)), etc. I just 'upgraded' one to 1.6.2. The systems are
> side-by-side so it's easy to compare. The 1.6.2 takes _at least_ a full
> minute longer to start than the 1.5.6, the screen options on the 1.5.6
> for True Color 32 bit go from 640x480 to 1400x1050, the 1.6.2 starts at
> 640x480 and only goes to 1016x648 in 32 bit. In addition, 1.6.2 cranks
> up the cpu to over 90% during startup - fans turn on, system bogs down,
> etc., etc.
>
> Again, nearly identical hardware (1.5.6 system only has 768MB RAM vs 1GB
> on the 1.6.2 machine), identical software/OS, identical guest data, and
> the only program running outside of VB on both when tested was a
> terminal window running top.
>
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