How often do you use a Virtual Machine?

Do you use one? what company do you like to use? ie: virtual box, VMWARE. Do you pay for it? what are the advantages? What Operating systems do you use? Just wondering. :-)

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asked Feb 08 '11 at 21:22

Jameel Alayyan
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3	I use VirtualBox to run Windows XP (I don't like Windows 7), and Linux and I test software on them, and do software development inside it as well. I just recently started running FreeBSD Unix on it again. answered Feb 09 '11 at 09:40 mikethedj4 641●23●29●40

I use VMware Fusion 3, I have a licensed copy. I run Windows 7, XP, and Linux Mint in it plus Tiger Server just to mess around a bit. I run the machines on average 6 times a month probably I don't have much use for them. I have used Parallels and I just don't like the current environment as much. Virtual Box is free and you get what you pay for having used it.

answered Feb 09 '11 at 15:03

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2	I use VMware Workstation. I use Snow Leopard in it. Testing OS X. But, I'm not really overly impressed with it. heh answered Feb 08 '11 at 21:43 The Boss 2.1k●54●65●99

2	I use virtualbox mainly for Linux. answered Feb 08 '11 at 23:03 ryebread761 7.5k●214●241●322

Daily - the laptop runs OSX, Server 2008, Win7 Professional, and Ubuntu within Virtualbox. Sometimes firing up the VM from Windows is just more convenient than rebooting into my linux partition.

answered Feb 09 '11 at 02:39

KnightZero
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Cool thank you

(Feb 09 '11 at 03:00) Jameel Alayyan

I use Parallels on my MacBook Pro so that I can run Windows 7 on it. I know that there are some Purists out there that would think it foolish, and they are entitled to their opinions. The reason behind it is purely fiscal, I own software that is windows based and would be cost prohibitive to repurchase for my Mac. Of course I had to bump the RAM in my system up to 8GB so that it would run smoothly, but that took care of the issue I had with the system slowing down. Now I use it regularly in coherence mode and for me it's a seamless solution.

answered Feb 09 '11 at 09:10

Brian
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1	I have a guy who lets me use a virtual machine on his server. I build websites and hosts them for me. I use it about once a week. answered Feb 09 '11 at 10:21 Steven Hibbs 4.6k●87●106●156

1	I use a vm once a week running Windows 7 over OS X Snow Leopard. answered Feb 14 '11 at 10:09 pbkblackbelt 151●2●2●4

0	I use Parallels or VMmare to run Windows XP, just for access to specific software that I prefer to use that only works in XP... I also use it for testing different operating systems and software. So I alternate between the two, based on my needs. answered Sep 21 '11 at 14:41 mdzura117 46●2

I use Virtual Box to play around with and study older operating systems. I also like to have the option, if need be, to be able to run older software in it's native environment.

I also keep a linux virtual machine handy, for whatever reasons I may need to use such.

Convenience when I need it, otherwise, I just play around, and geek it out. XD

answered Sep 21 '11 at 15:36

Kurisu
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