Five reasons for dropping VMware's change to virtualbox

From: http://www.ok0543.cn/blog/post/204.html

 

 

I have been using VMWare for a long time and it is a very useful product. It was not until I saw the virtualbox name in my old comrade's message a few days ago that I began to study this thing. Unfortunately, I just switched to the Vista system. To ensure the bad IE6, I installed a new XP system in the VMware environment, so I installed the same system in virtualbox, make a comparison.

1. Operation Efficiency

Virtualbox is not inferior in terms of running efficiency. I compared the system with the same configuration. After the virtual system is started, the CPU usage of the host does not exceed 5%, and the memory usage is more than 600 mb, in addition, the virtual machine runs faster in virtualbox. The following shows the resource usage of the host system when I start two virtual machines. It can be seen that the startup time of the virtualbox system is significantly shorter than that of VMware, and the resource occupation during the running process is not a disadvantage.

Virtualbox Virtual Machine startup Yes

When the vmwarevm is started

2. Resource occupation

Resource occupation during runtime can be said to be difficult to compete, but we do not always use virtual machines, so we are also very concerned about the impact on the system when the software is not enabled. VMware will add two network devices to the system, which makes me very uncomfortable. I don't know how virtualbox implements network connections. At least no virtual Nic is added. If you often use VMWare, you should be familiar with the following.

Virtual Network Card added by VMware to my system

3. Chinese support

After virtualbox is downloaded and installed, it is automatically displayed as Chinese. However, if we use VMWare, We need to install a Chinese patch, which is always better than the original version.

4. Functions

In terms of supported operating systems, virtualbox is not weak, and mainstream operating systems can be simulated. Without VMware Virtual Machine Tools, it makes it easier for beginners to get started.

5. virtualbox open-source and free

Because virtualbox is free of charge, we require that we choose virtualbox as long as the feature is not lost to VMware, not to mention the above advantages. There is no need to go to Google to find the new version of VMware to crack the patch, and there is no need to worry about the virus in the downloaded version. We can download and use the official virtualbox website for free. Of course, in return, we will spare no effort in publicizing and recommending.

The above point of view is obtained in a specific environment. For different requirements, virtualbox may not be suitable for you, however, virtualbox is definitely worth a try for anyone who uses a virtual machine like me to use ie6.

Virtualbox Official Website: http://www.virtualbox.org/,:http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads