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Virtualization Technology: eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1
By Cameron Sturdevant on 2008-12-29


Sun Microsystems' xVM VirtualBox 2.1 is commercial-grade, no-cost, open-source desktop virtualization software that rivals VMware Workstation. The latest version includes support for hardware virtualization (Intel VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts, among other enhancements.

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eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1

by Cameron Sturdevant

Hardware Virtualization on Mac

VirtualBox 2.1 now fully supports hardware virtualization on Mac OS X hosts (shown in parameters in center of screen).

Windows 2000

VirtualBox ably handled running Windows 2000 Server, allowing us to run legacy applications.

Guest Additions

The equivalent of VMware Tools, VirtualBox Guest Additions provide ease-of-use features, including mouse integration.

Broad OS Support

VirtualBox runs a wide variety of Windows and Linux operating systems; the latest version of Ubuntu is shown here.

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