What is Your Favorite OS Virtualization. Software

What is your favorite Virtual Appliance. From free application like VirtualBox to mainly paid solutions like VMware products.

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asked May 29 '10 at 19:08

kevin ♦♦
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You mean virtualization. My favorite "vitilization" software is the OS itself. I find it brings my computer "to life" :)

(May 29 '10 at 20:49) tsilb

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3	I choose VirtualBox because it's readily available. Although basic, it does get the job done. answered May 29 '10 at 19:21 JDHHDJ 2.4k●15●34●58

1	Parallels desktop answered May 29 '10 at 19:20 clevernamestudios 16●1 1 Dont wanna be a troll but parrallel's i have found is very slow.. (Aug 14 '10 at 02:40) Vancar6

1	VMWare for Mac, If you have ever run windows on a Mac, you will know that PC's won't take over them anytime soon. Its one of the reasons the Mac vs PC battle useless. At least, at this point in time. answered May 29 '10 at 19:23 RoryMitchell 421●2●2●7 edited May 29 '10 at 19:23

1	Just last week I wrote a blog post on this with a round-up of current top desktop base virtualization products. http://www.jeffvilimek.com/2010/05/rfi-pc-and-mac-based-virtualization Personally, I like VirtualBox on Windows. answered May 29 '10 at 23:30 Jeff Vilimek 16●1●1●2

0	VMware Fusion mostly on the Mac, but on the PC VMware Workstation answered May 29 '10 at 19:24 sporkalot 28●1●1●5

0	For windows I love VMWare and for Mac I love Parallels. answered May 29 '10 at 19:26 Craighton 16.5k●112●206●328 edited May 29 '10 at 20:06

0	VMware by far. Works the best! answered May 29 '10 at 20:07 Knunez 2.0k●3●9●32

0	Parallels Desktop is an amazing virtualization software for the Mac. answered May 29 '10 at 20:28 sonny 306●1●8●13

0	Parallels Desktop for the Mac and VMWare for Windows answered May 29 '10 at 20:29 mattgartner 1●1

0	Parallels desktop for Mac, VMWare for Windows answered May 29 '10 at 20:29 mattgartner 1●1

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