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by icn2 4623 days ago
I have used virtualbox and vmware player (free for non commercial user ). vmware player gave me much better experience.
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snowwindwaves 4623 days ago
I have used virtualbox extensively and now have had to use VMware workstation 9 and 10 this last month and I much prefer virtual box. One more anecdote!
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sahaskatta 4623 days ago
Out of curiosity what is generally your host/guest OSes? Things had gotten pretty buggy with VirtualBox running Ubuntu 13.04 inside a Windows 8 PC. (Wonder if it was just me or others too.)
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rebootthebox 4622 days ago
2 out of 4 my boxes are Win 8 and I haven't noticed anything funny with Ubuntu 13.04. I use Linux guests fairly extensively.
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jebblue 4622 days ago
I've used both for years, I consistently find VirtualBox to provide a much better experience.
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sahaskatta 4623 days ago
Same here. I had been completely reliant on VirtualBox for ages. About a year or so ago it felt as though advancements slowed down, performance got incredibly slow, and things became buggy.

I started using VMWare Player which definitely is a lot more polished, reliable, and way faster in my opinion.

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