Two distinct companies. I have no idea who started virtualbox, but Sun owns it now. They are keeping it free. VMware is doing active development. I think they're more focused on virtualizing servers with their pay products. I use virtualbox on both Mac and Linux. the Guest OSes are linux and windows. I also started using vmware player, but that's so I can run vmwares "ESXi" server and get to know that a bit better. the vmware player and esxi are more of a test environment for me. for just the normal day to day user, I'd probably stick with Virtualbox. Vbox can give vmware workstation a decent run for it's money (and it's free). I like the snapshots that vbox has. VM Workstation is around $180. my home desktop is a beefy critter I built in the spring, so I have no troubles running 2 or 3 other OSes at the same time. Roger On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Fred Valcho <fvalcho@yahoo.com> wrote: > I use virtual box all the time to gain access to Linux from my PC. vmware is > a little more dated. I may be incorrect, but I thought vmware became virtual > box. > > VB is very good program for your suggestions > > ________________________________ > From: Roger <roger.in.eugene@gmail.com> > To: Transaction Van S. <transaction@gmail.com> > Cc: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 8:13:43 AM > Subject: Re: Mac OS Satellite Tracking Programs > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Transaction Van S. > <transaction@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Just got the new MacBook Air 11.6" and started to look for decent >> Satellite >> Tracking programs for the Mac. What's the latest and greatest out there? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John > > > For John and anyone else. > > Don't limit yourself to a single platform. If your favorite app is > written for a different OS, you can always virtualize the OS. This is > not a dual boot situation. There are two free software packages out > there that I know of. one is 'vmware player' (from vmware.com) . The > other is called Virtualbox (virtualbox.org). > both let you install a 'guest' OS and run most if not all the apps the > guest OS supports. > Vmware provides a few other options that are pay. The pay one would > be vmware workstation, it has a few additional features to the > software that a serious desktop user may want. > > virtualbox just has the one and it's free to use as is the vmware player. > > Drawbacks to virtual are: > resource intensive. IF your computer is a dog now, the virtual OS > will make it worse. It likes RAM. If you have a newer computer with > 4 gigs of RAM or more, then it shouldn't be a problem. IF you choose > to install Windows as a guest, then you're required to buy a license > for it. > If you try to run a 64 bit OS as a guest, your processor must have > the virtualization bit (don't recall the exact name off hand), > otherwise you're limited to a 32 bit OS as the guest OS. > > Benefits: > virtualbox has 'snapshots'. so if you get your virtual machine setup > the way you want, take a snapshot of it and if something screws up > later, go back to the snapshot and restore it. > If you have a favorite app that runs under linux, you can run linux as > the guest OS. > > > I run linux for my desktop, my GPS software only runs under windows, > so I'm able to run windows 7 as a guest OS under my normal linux and > have all the software works great. > > Roger > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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