[Discuss] Are there any no-cost vm's still out there?

[Bill Horne]

On 2/12/2015 1:40 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
>> From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On
>> Behalf Of Eric Chadbourne
>>
>> How do you like vmware?  I’ve been using virtualbox for years but I heard
>> recently there’s only one dev really maintaining it.  Too big a project for that.
>> I wonder if it will be discontinued soon?
> Virtualbox is really good for a free product.  But if you use it all day every day, as a professional, then there's no question about it, vmware fusion and parallels are better.  More features, better reliability, better performance.  Fusion and Parallels are each better in their own ways - ultimately it's a wash between the two.  They're both fine.  Being a techy person, I prefer the vmware style over the parallels style.

I'm curious: please give your reasons for and against each vendor, and 
tell us what your experience was installing and debugging each.

TIA.

Bill

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