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Re: Oh, SNAP! Free Virtualization for Mac!

Joshua Schnell — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:18:30 -0000

The really awesome part of it is that Virtual Box is free. :)

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MarcelvdG — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:17:17 -0000

I installed Ubuntu Studio using BootCamp on my MacBook a couple of weeks ago and found it ridiculously frustration. All the free design stuff is awesome, but it just didn't work for me! My track-pad was painfully slow and my wireless was a pain in the arse... Then I tried MacPorts, and never really succeeded in running anything that felt stable. Last night I installed it again on Virtual Box, and its amazing! Performance is much better than I expected and everything works perfectly IMMEDIATELY!! No tweaks, or compiling new drivers, or the crazy stuff I associate with LINUX. Killer. Can't wait to get XP up for checking IE compatibility...

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Paul Gauntlett — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:46:51 -0000

I've used Parallels and Fusion - just for simple Windows accounting and office software and found them frustrating. I just cannot believe Virtualbox - its so FAST. Absolutely BRILLIANT
Paul

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4fthawaiian — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:32:24 -0000

Thanks, Mitch! Much appreciated. Glad you found the information useful.

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Mitch — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:16:40 -0000

Great post, really well written mate! Keen to chat to you about this!

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4fthawaiian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:42:15 -0000

Thanks, TJ :)

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tjgillies — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:41:06 -0000

good writeup. good program

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4fthawaiian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:50:19 -0000

Far too kind :) Thanks!

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Joshua Schnell — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:41:42 -0000

Awesome post man. I've submitted it to digg.
http://digg.com/apple/Oh_SN...

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4fthawaiian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:45:08 -0000

Bob! Thanks! I was going for thorough. I didn't think I'd ever write this many words for anything. I wish my 10th grade english teacher could see me now..

As for the CSS/IE post.. There probably aren't enough profanities to properly encapsulate my feelings on the topic. I'll need to wait for the lexicon of vulgarity to properly evolve :P

Re: Oh, SNAP! Free Virtualization for Mac!

4fthawaiian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:43:20 -0000

All good points. Indeed, ies4linux has even been ported to OSX -> http://www.kronenberg.org/i...

However, I've tried ALL those and had frequent font issues, and a few gui issues (toolbar icons not displaying, etc) that really undermine my confidence. Running on an actual windows install feels a lot more secure.

Thanks for the comment :)

Re: Oh, SNAP! Free Virtualization for Mac!

Bob Crum — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:42:08 -0000

Nice work Brad! and very Thorough.... I will have to check out VB for much the same reason.
I am looking forward to your Vitriolic post on CSS in IE... I am out of my mind with frustration in that arena!

Re: Oh, SNAP! Free Virtualization for Mac!

Jason Riedy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:39:26 -0000

IE runs under WINE, too. I'm pretty sure there's a Darwin port (darwine?), and then IEs4Linux (http://www.tatanka.com.br/i... should work.

Re: Oh, SNAP! Free Virtualization for Mac!

4fthawaiian — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:26:47 -0000

Hey, thanks for the comment!

I've used Parallels quite a lot, actually, and on a low-fi install of windows like I use, I find VB to be much, much faster. I don't have bench figures, or anything, but my poor little MacBook running only 1G of ram runs MUCH better when running VB vs running Parallels.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Redeye — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:01 -0000

Interesting and well written review. Thanks. I use Parallels, I find it great. Do you have enough experience of Parallels to make a speed comparison? This isn't meant to be provocative, but if VirtualBox is quicker, I'll switch...