VirtualBox: The best Virtual Machine App for Mac.

iDeveloper

Having installed VirtualBox and the Guest Additions, I can say that this is the number one cross over app for Mac OS X. I love it because I can now create art for games, and transfer them over to Mac OS X without having to reboot.

Site: http://virtualbox.org

If you decide to use this, please INSTALL the "Guest Additions". It make the VB even better.

peachpellen

This might sound like a dumb question, but how exactly is this better than dual booting Windows with Boot Camp?

iDeveloper

Well, every time you want to switch to OS X, you need to restart your computer. With VirtualBox, you can have two OS'es running at once. There is also no need to restart the computer.

iDeveloperz

By "to" do you mean 'two'?

I prefer parallels.

iDeveloper

Thanks for spotting that. Fixed it.

I tried Parallels when I bought my Mac, but it is kinda hard to manage, and a little bit slower than VirtualBox (VB is also free and open source.)

reddotinc

VMWare Fusion is where it's at

StusApps

Vmware and parallels both work very nicely. But, I'm pleased that I have no copies of windows installed anywhere now in our house. I can't think of anything I would need windows for anymore.

iDeveloper

Well, I do have some Windows apps I can't live without.

Some of them:

WYSIWYG Web Builder
SZS Modifier (Mario Kart Wii Texture and Model hacking app)
BrawlBox (Super Smash Bros Brawl Texture and Model hacking app)

Passenger

Hi guys,
Just want to know if i must use Bootcamp to run WYSIWYG Web Builder, or can i get it to work through " //7 " or " VMWare fusion4 " ?
I didn't install any windows partition yet.. so.. please, advises would be appreciated..
Thx :-)

JohnPapiomitis

Never really messed with the whole windows on a mac deal, but this threads over a year old so its more then likely that the info is outdated. Theres def been updates to the mentioned softwares. So im gonna close this down. Feel free to make a new thread on the issue.