VirtualBox versus VMWare

From: Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:11:46 +0100

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 03:49:38PM +0200, Clayton wrote:

Note: VirtualBox is a lot easier to use and install (the Open Source
Edition is even in the Ubuntu repositories, and the full release
binary from VirtualBox is available in DEB for Ubuntu from
VirtualBox.org), and in most (but not all cases) an equal choice... I
use it generally more than VMWare, but VMWare still does a few things
better... so in those cases VMWare still has a home on my computer.

What are the relative pluses and minuses of VirtualBox and VMWare in
your opinion? I use VMWare Workstation at the moment to run Windows
XP on a Linux system. What would I gain and what would I lose if I
movesd to VirtualBox? (I'd gain a bit of money at least!)

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