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Fusion and Parallels both are a bit faster than VirtualBox and have more features. Also, VMWare VMs will work with any VMWare product so if you are working wit

by pat2man 15y ago

Fusion and Parallels both are a bit faster than VirtualBox and have more features. Also, VMWare VMs will work with any VMWare product so if you are working with a team that uses VMWare elsewhere its nice to have. If you are just trying to run a Windows app or two you are probably better off with VirtualBox since its free.

evilduck 15y ago
Except for OSX VMs built using Fusion's built-in capabilities. The other VMware products don't ship the required libraries to boot them.
- yardie 15y ago
  You have to downgrade the vmx to prep a fusion vm to be loaded into esx. Or you can download the vmware convertor app that will transfer the vm, convert the vmx, and register the vm in esx. I use the application weekly for this task.
  - evilduck 15y ago
    I meant OSX as a guest OS.
    - yardie 15y ago
      For that you'll need a machine with SMC and only Macs have it.
Uchikoma 15y ago
My reason: I've been using VirtualBox for running dev server environments. What happened: VM shutdowns, without any way to start them again (buttons just gray), files corrupted, interfaces lost, ....