Comments on: How To : Win7 on VirtualBox http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/ everyday is a free day Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 uberVU - social comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:25:14 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-1139 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by federicacau: How To : Win7 on VirtualBox : http://ow.ly/87HL TheLanceLife... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: JohnP http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-622 JohnP Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:22:06 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-622 VirtualBox rocks! I'm a little confused by people being afraid to try a new OS inside a virtual machine. VirtualBox is - by far - the easiest of the virtual machine solutions out there. If something goes wrong, delete the VM and either try again or completely forget about it. The big drawback to VMs is they require the same amount of RAM that a complete machine would to perform well. So, if you host on WinXP-32bit and only have 2GB of physical RAM, then you can't really run multiple virtual machines that need more than 1.2GB of RAM to run well. For desktops, RAM is cheap, but you'll want a 64-bit hosting OS. For laptops, getting above 4GB gets expensive - $280 for me to get to 8GB. Ouch. I run VirtualBox, Xen, VMware, and soon, KVM virtualization solutions. I've tried 3 others that weren't ready for use. For home users, VirtualBox is the easiest that actually works. Anyway, I've put a link to my blog specific to virtualbox. Enjoy. VirtualBox rocks!

I’m a little confused by people being afraid to try a new OS inside a virtual machine. VirtualBox is – by far – the easiest of the virtual machine solutions out there. If something goes wrong, delete the VM and either try again or completely forget about it. The big drawback to VMs is they require the same amount of RAM that a complete machine would to perform well. So, if you host on WinXP-32bit and only have 2GB of physical RAM, then you can’t really run multiple virtual machines that need more than 1.2GB of RAM to run well. For desktops, RAM is cheap, but you’ll want a 64-bit hosting OS. For laptops, getting above 4GB gets expensive – $280 for me to get to 8GB. Ouch.

I run VirtualBox, Xen, VMware, and soon, KVM virtualization solutions. I’ve tried 3 others that weren’t ready for use. For home users, VirtualBox is the easiest that actually works.

Anyway, I’ve put a link to my blog specific to virtualbox. Enjoy.

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]]> By: Cameron http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Cameron Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:50:19 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-522 Thanks! I will try it out on XP then. Got it running on Vista, but I am trying to figure out how to install my graphics card's drivers. So I'm onto phase 2... :) Thanks! I will try it out on XP then. Got it running on Vista, but I am trying to figure out how to install my graphics card’s drivers. So I’m onto phase 2… :)

]]> By: WPstudios http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-520 WPstudios Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:25:21 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-520 I did this test on Windows Vista but I installed VirtualBox also on Windows XP x64 and is running fine :) I did this test on Windows Vista but I installed VirtualBox also on Windows XP x64 and is running fine :)

]]> By: Cameron http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Cameron Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:07:08 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-518 Do you know if this will run on Windows XP? I get an error that basically says it could mess up my computer. Do you know if this will run on Windows XP? I get an error that basically says it could mess up my computer.

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]]> By: squareart http://www.thelancelife.com/tools/how-to-win7-on-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-369 squareart Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:35:17 +0000 http://www.thelancelife.com/?p=225#comment-369 Hi, Ok I did all this and - firstly struggled to see the PC on the network - but I managed to figure that out. Secondly one which I have not figured out is why I suddenly can't print to the HP printer anymore (from my Mac) - and from the VirtualBox win7 - if you know how I can solve this problem I would very grateful. Thanks. Hi, Ok I did all this and – firstly struggled to see the PC on the network – but I managed to figure that out.
Secondly one which I have not figured out is why I suddenly can’t print to the HP printer anymore (from my Mac) – and from the VirtualBox win7 – if you know how I can solve this problem I would very grateful. Thanks.

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