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. > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > -- ______________________________________________________________ Clayton Dukes ______________________________________________________________
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