| Installing Windows XP onto Sun VirtualBox 2.1.2. | | | | virtual machine states from any previously saved |
| Enjoy!You can download VirtualBox here : must have | | | | "snapshot." Previously, VirtualBox could only restore |
| your own Windows XP CD, not a restore disc. Your | | | | from the most recent snapshot. Storage and |
| looking for a CD with Microsoft Hologram stuff all | | | | networking is more flexible: users can attach CD/DVD |
| over it. To make an ISO of your XP cd, download | | | | drives to an arbitrary IDE controller, and there can be |
| InfraRecorder mount your ISO (alternative to just | | | | more than one such drive. Users can also change the |
| pointing to the ISO) Download Magicdisc video was | | | | network attachment type while the virtual machine is |
| produced with a free trial version of Camptasia, the | | | | running. There's also experimental support for EFI. |
| Music is T3nnessee Erni3 Ford – Sixt3en Tons, | | | | For related stories, see VMware Fusion 3 beefs up |
| the PC used is a custom build with Vista Business, | | | | support for Win 7, Snow Leopard, graphics, and |
| Phenom 9550, 4Gb DDR1066, Nvidia 9800GTXIf you | | | | performance, and Parallels fires back in virtualization |
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| click on a few of the ads. Thanks | | | | Sun VirtualBox 3.0 looks to multi-CPU server |
| Sun released VirtualBox 3.1.2, an update to the free | | | | virtualization |
| virtualization software for Mac OS X, Windows, | | | | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 -- Today Sun Microsystems |
| Linux, and Solaris. The update fixes bugs for these | | | | released VirtualBox 3.0 for Mac OS X, Windows, and |
| hosts, including for 3D video on Mac OS X. Sun calls | | | | Unix/Linux host systems. The new version of the |
| 3.1.2 maintenance, whereas it referred to the | | | | virtualization platform adds support for symmetric |
| previous version 3.1.0 as a major update. (See also | | | | multi-processing, enhanced graphics, and enhanced |
| Sun's change log page.) If you've tried VirtualBox 3.1.2 | | | | support for USB storage and iPhones. The new |
| please let us know. | | | | version can also now support Window 7 and |
| Windows XP on Sun VirtualBox 2.1.2 | | | | Windows Server 2008 as both guest and host |
| Sun's VirtualBox 3.1 can move a VM while it's running | | | | operating systems. (Snow Leopard is not yet |
| Sunday, December 6, 2009 -- Sun has released | | | | supported.) |
| VirtualBox 3.1, an update to its free virtualization | | | | Sun said that VirtualBox 3.0 is suitable for running |
| software for Mac OS X (Intel Macs), Windows, Linux, | | | | servers with heavy workloads due to the symmetric |
| and Solaris hosts. The new version includes several | | | | multiprocessing. Although most virtualization products |
| new features and several dozen bug fixes. A unique | | | | support SMP, VirtualBox enables users to assign up |
| new feature is Teleportation, the ability to move a | | | | to 32 virtual processors to a single virtual machine. A |
| virtual machine over a network from one VirtualBox | | | | Sun representative said that users can designate up |
| host to another -- while the virtual machine is running. | | | | two twice as many virtual CPUs in a virtual machine |
| The two host computers can be different operating | | | | as there are real processing cores in the computer. |
| systems, such as a Mac and a PC. This is a feature | | | | Competing virtualization products allow up to 4 virtual |
| that is unique. | | | | processors per virtual machine. |
| Windows XP on Sun VirtualBox 2.1.2 | | | | VirtualBox 3.0 adds some graphics support that other |
| Windows running virtual machines now get 2D | | | | virtualization packages have had. This includes |
| acceleration. VirtualBox 3.1 does not have the 3D | | | | Microsoft Direct3D support for Windows guest |
| acceleration features of VMware Fusion 3 and | | | | operating systems, which is common in gaming. |
| Parallels Desktop 5, and cannot display Aero features | | | | VirtualBox 3.0 also adds OpenGL support for several |
| of Windows 7 and Vista. | | | | different guest operating systems. |
| VirtualBox 3.1 adds the ability for users to restore | | | | |