On 10/05/2009, at 5:01 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote:
WAMUG Mailing List Digest #2100
1) Sun's VirtualBox
by [email protected]
2) Re: Sun's VirtualBox
by James Devenish <[email protected]>
9) Re: Sun's VirtualBox
by Philippe Chaperon <[email protected]>
Subject: Sun's VirtualBox
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Dear WAMUG'ers,
Wonder if there are some of us who have installed Sun's Virtualbox on
their Intel Macs and what has been the result.
For the fun of it I have installed it on a FW400 external drive using
XP Home Edition, and although it took me 3 or 4 tries to understand
the install process, everything ended seemingly correct. I am
currently installing all the Win updates, the machine connected
directly to the internet via my wireless modem.
Once the updates installed I intend trying the 'other' OS on a small
application called Nim=C3=A8gue, used for listing genealogy archival
data.
Unfortunately there is no equivalent, that I know of, on the Mac
platform hence the need for Windows.
I would be interested in other's experience with Virtualbox. I
understand that Linux or other variant can also be installed within
the Virtualbox window.
Many thanks for any possible information, recommendation or even
'thumb downs' if that's the case.
Kind regards and have a nice and safe week-end.
J Philippe Chaperon
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Subject: Re: Sun's VirtualBox
From: James Devenish <[email protected]>
Hi,
I use VirtualBox to run both Windows and Linux, no complaints, except
(cosmetically) that the Windows desktop background sometimes shows
through in seamless mode, and (reasonably) it is sometimes necessary
to update VirtualBox after updating the hosted operating system. USB
support is not always 100%, meaning that although most devices work
fine, one or two don't seem to connect at all. Mouse tracking is not
100% as smooth as the native operating system, but I always found this
to be a problem with VMware, etc, too.
James
Subject: Re: Sun's VirtualBox
From: Adam Hewitt <[email protected]>
Hi James,
Did you install the Guest Additions? My mouse tracking is identical to
the host OS once the guest additions are installed.
BTW, with VirtualBox 2.2 and the 3d acceleration (directx 9 and
OpenGL) and seemless mode I can't really see any reason to use another
Virtualization product.
I haven't made it that far with Virtual Box, although I have tried a
few times. Then ....... the penny dropped. I need XP. Where
would I get that?
Bill
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