Rating and comments for VirtualBox

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Average score 3.24 (based on 59 votes)

given by Tristan Rhodes on January 25, 2007

This is a great replacement for VMware Workstation, and it is open source!

given by Anonymous on February 2, 2007

Preliminary review this is a good product. I run VMWARE and this looks very similar. It has a small foot print and runs like lighting. Easy and quick install and setup. As soon as I see if its stable I will know if I will keep it or not.

given by Anonymous on February 11, 2007

given by Felipe on February 16, 2007

It is not kind to the program and the readers to rate VirtualBox 1 star without give any reason.

given by Marcus on February 16, 2007

I agree with Felipe and would like to suggest to disallow feedback posts without any test inside. After all, comments are supposed to be useful beyond some point-rating...

given by Anonymous on April 22, 2007

Very fast, very user friendly.

given by Betty on April 22, 2007

Have instated it using Vista Ultimate as the host and XP Pro as the guest. Works wonderfully. I did the tweak to make the Box full screen. All my hardware works perfectly.

given by Anonymous on June 5, 2007

given by prankster on July 31, 2007

works on win xp as host
installed ubuntu, debian, mandriva, win xp
didn't let me down yet
Just a great piece of software

given by bitumen2003 on December 5, 2007

host Ubuntu 7.10 64 bit
guest vista business
installed 2* faster than vmserver vs 1.04

i've used vmware Server for over 2 years with XP Pro as guest for development purposes

virtual box offers more features than vmserver (seamless integration)

given by n01d on December 7, 2009

I now use this software instead of VMWare Workstation and will not look back. It does all that I need from a virtualization software. Install guest OSes fast, runs them fast too.

given by Josh on August 6, 2010

VB is good. I prefer VMware though. I was using VMware before VB, and I guess I'm just used to it. Nothing "wrong" with it as far as I can see.

given by Mattit on November 21, 2011

Used it on a Mac for an Oracle test environment. Great little piece of software. I wasn't able to test all of the features (the reason for 4-star vs. 5) due to corp security settings. But it's great for what it's designed for, with LOTS of available features.