VMware vs. VirtualBox

Kelly

@Breffni-Potter said:

Apart from that, Virtual Box does more and is completely free.

What more does it do?

I ended up paying for Fusion since I'm on a Mac, and the performance difference seemed apparent to me. I'm thinking about switching back now though.

scottalanmiller

Does VMware Workstation offer consoler over network with something like VNC or RDP?

bbigford

@scottalanmiller said:

Does VMware Workstation offer consoler over network with something like VNC or RDP?

I'm fairly certain they both support VNC/RDP now. From what I've been reading as well on dates, they've both been supporting it for a little while.

JaredBusch

I tried Fusion on my MacBook Pro back when I bought it. I did not like it and bought Parallels instead.

brianlittlejohn

@JaredBusch said:

I tried Fusion on my MacBook Pro back when I bought it. I did not like it and bought Parallels instead.

I had both and went back and forth on which one I liked all the time.

scottalanmiller

@BBigford said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Does VMware Workstation offer consoler over network with something like VNC or RDP?

I'm fairly certain they both support VNC/RDP now. From what I've been reading as well on dates, they've both been supporting it for a little while.

I haven't used VMware Workstation since the early 2000s. But I know that VBox has had both for a very long time now.

bbigford

@scottalanmiller said:

I haven't used VMware Workstation since the early 2000s.

Well at almost $300 I can see why.

scottalanmiller

Yes, sure not going to spend $300 when VBox is free.

iroal

You can also use Vmware Player, It's free, main problem it that does not support snapshots.

scottalanmiller

@iroal said:

You can also use Vmware Player, It's free, main problem it that does not support snapshots.

Given the limitations of the free version, why it over VBox?

iroal

@scottalanmiller said:

@iroal said:

You can also use Vmware Player, It's free, main problem it that does not support snapshots.

Given the limitations of the free version, why it over VBox?

I prefer Vbox of course.

hobbit666

When I've used it I do like VMWare workstation but I won't pay the license myself so use VBox instead.