Poll: Oracle Virtualbox vs VMware Workstation/Player

VMware Workstation/Player or Oracle VirtualBox?

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So which one do you prefer? I recently tried same OS (TinyCore) on both machines, the VM was a lot quicker than VB. I also had problems with my system because of VB, but I sorted this out and now it works.

My vote goes to VMware Workstation

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VMware Player added to the poll!
 
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Hades said:
Generally speaking I believe VMW is considered better than VB. Personally I like VB but it doesn't have the same performance as VMW which isn't an issue for what I use it for.
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The funny thing is, when I've VB installed the PC won't go into sleep mode. :eek:
Well it does, but the fans are spinning and when you try to 'wake up' the system, it doesn't react.
 
marc2003 said:
also, stupid poll is stupid. :p at least include the free vmware option on it. workstation costs just shy of 200 quid - hardly a fair comparison to the free virtualbox.
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I asked an admin to add the player to the poll, I didn't know that VMware Workstation costs 200 quid. I got it for free from my friend, if Player is only missing couple options and has same performance than there's no point in using VB. :)

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wesley said:
agree, wrong to compare poll £200 software vs free one.

nothing wrong with free one. i installed win 8.1 on VB last night and it was fine. perfectly fine. so i selected VB purely cos it works fine.

if VMW was free then i'd pick the VMW
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I've used VB on Win XP, 7 and now 8.1 Pro and I've experienced a lot of bugs on this system (win 8.1) with VB. If the Player is free and does what you want, you should check it out.

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Instead of using Dual-boot like a lot people do, I use Linux like this...

That's why performance is important to me
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