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tsa · 02-04-2009, 08:03 PM

Yesterday I tried VirtualBox on my Mac. It is an Open Source virtual machine made by Sun. You can use it to create a virtual Windows machine on your Mac. In some respects it's even better than Parallels which costs US$ 80.- For instance, it ran 64 bit Windows 7 beta with no problems at all, while Parallels 3.6 can't handle 64 bit OS's (I don't know about Parallels 4.0 because I don't want to pay 80 dollars again for Parallels). I guess you will be disappointed if you try to run applications that rely heavily on DirectX, but for most office work it seems perfect.

02-04-2009, 08:03 PM	#14
tsa Playing character Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	Yesterday I tried VirtualBox on my Mac. It is an Open Source virtual machine made by Sun. You can use it to create a virtual Windows machine on your Mac. In some respects it's even better than Parallels which costs US$ 80.- For instance, it ran 64 bit Windows 7 beta with no problems at all, while Parallels 3.6 can't handle 64 bit OS's (I don't know about Parallels 4.0 because I don't want to pay 80 dollars again for Parallels). I guess you will be disappointed if you try to run applications that rely heavily on DirectX, but for most office work it seems perfect.