Comments on: Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 vs. Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1.0

By: Boxx

Boxx — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:57:45 +0000

On the same host (XP, E8400, 3 Gb ram), I’ve installed a basic Virtual Windows XP, incl. all latest updates on (under) both MS Virutal PC and Sun Virtualbox 2.2.

Then tried to run Crystalmark 2004R3 benchmark on both VM XP’s (not at the same time, because MS VPC and VirtualBox cannot run at the same time on the host).

The test went ok under MS VPC, but under VB it was impossible to execute the CPU, FPU, GDI and MEM tests.
It could indicate some incompatibilities affecting other applications executed under VB as well, or ?

However, as comment #7 says MS VPC 2007 is a dead end, making VB interessting – that is if you do not want to pay for VMWare’s desktop edition.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:56:58 +0000

“Rot status” I like that expression. You are probably right.

By: anonymuos

anonymuos — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:21:56 +0000

Virtual PC 2007 has now reached rot status. MS only put in the effort in virtualization where the money is, that is the enterprise. End-user clients are screwed, VPC 2007 is the least full-featured of any x86 virtualization apps.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:18:16 +0000

Tom, I think Hyper-V is different topic because it is for server virtualization and not really useful testing purposes.

Jeff, thanks a lot for the hints!

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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:10:14 +0000

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By: Jeff Botts

Jeff Botts — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:27:57 +0000

VirtualBox 2.1.2 has been released. It support Windows 7 Beta guests with Guest Additions now. Still no Server 2008 R2 support though.

-Jeff

By: Jeff Botts

Jeff Botts — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:48:54 +0000

Just a comment about VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Betas. I have successfully installed Guest Additions on Windows 7 beta 7000. All you have to do is run the Guest Additions installer in Windows Vista Compatibility mode and it will install. YMMV because it is not officially supported. I haven’t tried this with Window 2008 R2 but I am guessing it will work also. If you would like to look at how to for Win 7 go here:
http://blogs.sun.com/fatbloke/entry/windows_7_on_virtualbox

-Jeff

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:27:14 +0000

While I am generally a MS fan and against Sun, MS’s virtual machine progs are junk…in terms of speed and smooth operations. Compared to HyperV or VirtualPC, Virtual Box is like butter.

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