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Schneb 
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:23 PM
I tried this a few weeks ago and was very surprised at how well it worked. I think it unfortunate, however, that it will not recognize a BootCamp partition. Would really not like to have redundant copies of Windows installed.
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:58 PM
I have to say that this overview was extremely well done. Concise and yet gave me enough sizzle to know that I want to download the software and have a little fun with a different operating system. Excellent job!
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:40 PM
Schneb: I spoke with a Sun representative, and they mentioned both Boot Camp and DirectX support as important items on their roadmap -- so hopefully we'll see it in a future release.
yomacdaddy: Thanks! Glad you liked it; I tried to cover a lot in only a bit of time, but hopefully at a pace that could still be followed.
Overall, I was quite impressed with VirtualBox, especially the Windows HD media stuff -- it handled it fine. (There was some lag playing 1080p stuff, but that's true in Fusion and Parallels, too.)
-rob.
yomacdaddy: Thanks! Glad you liked it; I tried to cover a lot in only a bit of time, but hopefully at a pace that could still be followed.
Overall, I was quite impressed with VirtualBox, especially the Windows HD media stuff -- it handled it fine. (There was some lag playing 1080p stuff, but that's true in Fusion and Parallels, too.)
-rob.
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:02 PM
Rob, on which Macs have you run VirtualBox?
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:05 PM
So far, just the Mac Pro and my MacBook Pro. I'm planning on putting it on my pokey mini (1.66GHz Core Duo) next week, to see how it does there. On the other two, though, performance is fine (and CPU usage is admirably low, so far).
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 07:09 PM
Thanks, Rob. I'm interested to hear how it performs on your Mini.
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 04:05 AM
VirtualBox is great. I'm running it on an iMac 24" (older white model), a MBP 17" (first gen) and a brand new Core 2 Quad Sun Ultra 24. Let me tell you, this thing LOVES more cores. There's a significant improvement in HOST OS (e.g. Opensolaris on my Ultra 24) performance with more cores. But as Rob points out, performance on the GUEST side is really good, even on your average Core Duo system. It's best if you have at least 2GB of RAM in your box (my Ultra 24 has 8 - 64bit baby!).
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 11:07 AM
Having checked out VM ware's Fusion and Parallels, I'd decided upon Cross Over recently. This tool looks a lot sweeter. However, I don't manage to install XP with it. Or do I need an actual Windows CD? In CrossOver, one can create a virtual 'bottle', without the need for the actual s/w... please elucidate me, as I don't get to the beautiful OS installation wizard that is the happy ending of Rob's video....
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 11:17 AM
by this tool, I meant Virtual Box... I just can't seem to get it to work XP.
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 12:46 PM
CrossOver is different - it runs Windows apps without installing Windows. To run a Windows app on VirtualBox, you'll need a full Windows XP installation CD. Instead of pointing the VirtualBox setup assistant at an ISO image, you point it to the Windows CD in your drive...
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Posted 19 July 2008 - 08:29 PM
My main use for windows is to run Magellan's mapping software for use with my GPS. This requires a serial com port provided by a Keyspan USB/serial adapter. That works fine with bootcamp, but isn't well-supported by either Fusion or Parallels. Does anyone know if VirtualBox will support a serial com port through a Keyspan adapter?
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