Comments on: Virtualization – VMs (Virtual Machines) are Really the Future

By: Glen

Glen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:10:34 +0000

My main OS is XP Pro, has been for years. I’ve recently (well about 2 years ago) got into linux mainly for programming and used VMWare with Ubuntu.

I’ve now migrated to dual boot XP Pro and Ubuntu but I do see the advantages of Virtual Machines.

By: Hrafn

Hrafn — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:41:40 +0000

Windows is less crash-prone running in Parallels!

Without knowing, a guess is it’s because Windows no longer has to cater to a variety of hardware from different vendors but only the VM layer, built from the start to accommodate it.

By: RHB

RHB — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:45:20 +0000

I messed around with a primitive version of this tech. a few years ago. But these systems are mind boggling.

By: Balend N

Balend N — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:14:04 +0000

Currently I’m using Microsoft Virtual PC, but I really want to try out VMware.

It would be really nice if each of these applications could open VMs created by the others.

This could never happen with an OS like Windows or OS X, their companies would just go crazy.

By: FrankenPC

FrankenPC — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:24:23 +0000

I’ve “VM’D” Kubuntu X64 (64bit Ubuntu variant) and it is a flawless VM. Amazing thing is, on VMware, it operates nearly at full machine speed. Very hard to tell the machine has been virtualized.

By: FrankenPC

FrankenPC — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:22:42 +0000

I’ve been using VMware for about 5 years now. I don’t know how I lived without it. To me, this technology is like TIVO, once you use it, it’s impossible to stop.

By: Derek Wong

Derek Wong — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:57:29 +0000

Nice roundup. I’ve only used VirtualBox on my Mac (once they came out of beta), and I’ve created virtual machines for both Ubuntu and Windows Vista. Both of them work well enough, and the software, as you said, is quite easy to use.