VirtualBox is an excellent and robust virtualization solution for the Mac. Any VMware users who want to put their two cents in regards it in comparison to VirtualBox are welcome. I sampled VMware recently and saw no advantages over Parallels - and found it bit less user-friendly. My virtualization experience is with Parallels, so it is that which I'll continually compare VirtualBox.
I imagine the reaction would be similar for VMWare, which is supposedly all but on par with Parallels. If you've used Parallels on the Mac you'll be pleasantly surprised with VirtualBox. Now to the other part of the equation, i.e. If you bneed to know if Windows 7 is any good, trawl the many Windows boards for reviews - which are usually quite favorable, unlike Vista. Although one thing was very noticeable - it didn't fill my life with yellow balloons. In fairness to it, I don't have enough call to use Windows to be able to comment on Windows 7 functionality wise. Subtlety? I should fire up a Windows dictionary and see if the word is even in there. So one of its visual problems is the same as Windows XP suffered. For instance, the glassy look is good, Microsoft, but go easy on it. It reminds me of one of those Linux skins that goes over the top.
It is undoubtedly an improvement on its predecessor, Vista, but visually it's the same old story. Thereafter, you will need to buy a copy if you still have a need for Windows. So, there is that caveat to this piece, you can only run Windows 7 for free until June 2010.Īs for Windows 7 itself, Im finding it a bit try hard. So what's new? Windows has had that "feature" for years.Īfter 1 June 2010, your Windows 7 RC licence will expire and it will no longer run at all. Now this gets quite ironic because, after March 2010, if you are running Windows 7 RC, it will shutdown every two hours. With it and Windows 7 free (for the time being), you've got a great opportunity to try out virtualization.Īccording to Microsoft, the free Windows 7 Release Candidate will be available at least until the end of July 2009. But now the third, little heard of virtualization player, VirtualBox, has matured and to such a point it can run Windows 7. But, of course, you still need Parallels or VMware to run it if you don't want to go down the BootCamp path, and they're not free. How much would you pay to use Windows? Yes, I know, you'd have to be paid to use it.
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