VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and
What's New
Version 4.1.16:
VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_ACCESS_DENIED with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247)
VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_PAGE_TABLE_NOT_PRESENT with Ubuntu 32-bit guests with nested paging enabled on AMD CPUs (bug #10183)
VMM: preserve segment limits and attributes when switching to unreal mode required for some legacy guests to work properly (VT-x without unrestricted guest execution only; bug #9941)
VMM: fixed a VM hang after a resume from pause / savestate with SMP guests in rare cases
3D Support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver crash
NAT: fixed a crash on attempt to process ICMP datagram under some circumstances (bug #10527)
Host-only Networking: lifted the maximal number of interfaces to 128 on Linux and Mac OS X hosts (there is no such limitation for Solaris and Windows hosts)
EFI: fixed wrong SEC/PEI Core entry point calculation (bug #10531)
VRDP: fixed a display update problem (bug #10503)
Main: set the proper VM state if savestate failed for some reason (bug #6189)
Main: more useful error message if a medium is inaccessible
VBoxManage: fixed controlvm savestate if the VM is already paused
Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running on Mountain Lion Preview 3 (bug #10267)
Linux hosts: Linux 3.4 compile fixes
Linux hosts: fixed wrong help path in some rpm-based packages (bug #10418)
Guest Additions: fixed handling of custom environment variables during VBoxManage guestcontrol execute (bug #10581)
Windows Additions: fixed guest driver crash of VBoxSF in certain cases (4.1.10 regression, bug #10408)
Windows Additions: don't load the WDDM driver if 3D support is not available for Windows 8 guests to keep the guest maintainable in that case (still better to miss some features than providing a blank screen)
Solaris Additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12
Version 4.1.16:
VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_ACCESS_DENIED with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247)
VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_PAGE_TABLE_NOT_PRESENT with Ubuntu 32-bit guests with nested paging enabled on AMD CPUs (bug #10183)
VMM: preserve segment limits and attributes when switching to unreal mode required for some legacy guests to work properly (VT-x without unrestricted more...
VirtualBox has allowed installation of Snow Leopard Server as a guest OS for some time now, but, perhaps by virtue of a bug, regular Snow Leopard was also installable. Unfortunately this bug seems to have been squashed in this new version. Poo!
Virtuabox has been around for a while now and I can honestly say it's a great piece of software. If your looking for a free alternative of Parallels or Vmware then this is your option.
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If you go to the developers' website you find a download page. The proper link for the OSX version is:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.12/VirtualBox-4.1.12-77245-OSX.dmg
I have and have used Crossover, VMware Fusion, and Parrallels. There is not doubt as state by others that features such as desktop integration in these other pages are sometimes astounding. But NONE go in as easily, launch as quickly, and are as dead simple to update as VirtualBox.
If you can live with a completely windowed VM, then save some bucks and extra time and get this package! Not perfect, but great, and always growing.
I havent used Parallels or VMWare, but I installed VIrtualBox in order to run Ubuntu and I've had no problems whatsoever. It's so easy to install a new machine because there is literally a wizard for every step of the process. It has never crashed on me either. And now you can even share folders between the host and the guest!
Works okay with Windows guests, although not as polished as VMWare or Parallels. VirtualBox is definitely the best solution for running Linux and Unix guests on a Mac, though… they keep it working with all the latest distros, and it even works with GNOME 3 in the latest Fedora 16 betas.
Years ago, Windows was Windows and Mac was Mac. So I actually bought a Windows used computer to get the stuff limited to OS. I soon found out that Windows was horribly antiquated compared to Mac and offered little that Mac didn't. I tried Bootcamp when it came out, but, again, it's two computers -- pick one. Virtual Box allows me to use Windows machines like an application. It's wonderful. (But, the Microsoft Windows is outrageous in price: $384 for Vista -- Japanese version!) I salute and stand in awe of all the people involved in the development and updating of Virtualbox. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I can't mount my external drive - WD 750GB.
It's still grayed out - no matter what. And yeah, I have installed extensions pack! Also enabled in VM settings USB ports...
I spent hours on google, found some console hardtyped solution for this, but I don't have time and I'm not in mood to kill my time with such half-baked opensource solution. I'm not blaming developers - they did pretty good job, and this product may be enough for somebody, but not for me. Anyway - buying Parallels!
Overall it's great, but 4.0.8 was supposed to address the problems with the new processors but still crashes on my 2011 MacBook Pro Core i7. In fact, the only crashes I've ever had with this machine are while running VirtualBox. I've had to resort to running VirtualBox on a Mac Mini on my LAN and Screensharing to do my work.
Not sure, although just to be pedantic the Core i5 is dual core with hyperthreading, not quad core. Details like that matter to virtualization software, even if we don't have to think of them day to day.
Don't pay to much attention to E_COMMERCE, it seems as if he don't know what he's talking about, there are most certainly quadcore i5's, i5-750 and i5-750S, read more at intels site http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=42915.
Why you can't get more than one core active could be your virtual machine settings, have you given the virtual 2 or more cores to use?
I stand corrected; I was thinking of the mobile processors rather than desktop. Indeed, the first Core-i5 system Apple shipped was available in a quad-core version.
So no, I did not know what I was talking about. :-)
I don't know, I think that was a fair response. Supporting a Bootcamp partition within a virtualization program (and doing it properly) is non-trivial. It's also of limited use for VirtualBox, since it is designed to run on many different platforms and this would be of use only on the Mac.
Really, if you need that functionality, there is perfectly good software that will do it for you - it's just not free. For pretty much any other use, VirtualBox has matured nicely.
Why does this version save its log files in the application folder? I just noticed a ton of log files just sitting there... I have never seen this in previous releases.
If you want to change the resolution:
VirtualBox vm -> Macchina -> Adatta la dimensione della finestra and Ridemensiona automaticamente la finestra Guest.
I have the italian version.
For the other.
You must click on the menu Machine of VirtualBox VM at the voice n#3 and n#4
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VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux and Macintosh hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), and OpenBSD.
VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while innotek ensures the product always meets professional quality criteria.
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http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.12/VirtualBox-4.1.12-77245-OSX.dmg
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If you can live with a completely windowed VM, then save some bucks and extra time and get this package! Not perfect, but great, and always growing.
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As a free program for a non heavy user it's the perfect solution and I still give 5 stars for that.
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It's still grayed out - no matter what. And yeah, I have installed extensions pack! Also enabled in VM settings USB ports...
I spent hours on google, found some console hardtyped solution for this, but I don't have time and I'm not in mood to kill my time with such half-baked opensource solution. I'm not blaming developers - they did pretty good job, and this product may be enough for somebody, but not for me. Anyway - buying Parallels!
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Is this a known issue or a know feature?
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Why you can't get more than one core active could be your virtual machine settings, have you given the virtual 2 or more cores to use?
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So no, I did not know what I was talking about. :-)
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Really, if you need that functionality, there is perfectly good software that will do it for you - it's just not free. For pretty much any other use, VirtualBox has matured nicely.
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Although the manual claims 64-bit support for VirtualBox 2.0.0 this feature is not yet available for Mac OS X hosts.
Nothing I could see in the change log suggests that's changed in later versions either.
Still, for 32 bit guests it easily does everything I need.
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"Starting with Version 2.1, you can even run 64-bit guests on a 32-bit host operating system, so long as you have sufficient hardware. "
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Why I can't change guest resolution? Max is 800x600 :(
I tried to reconfigure xserver but nothing...
VirtualBox vm -> Macchina -> Adatta la dimensione della finestra and Ridemensiona automaticamente la finestra Guest.
I have the italian version.
For the other.
You must click on the menu Machine of VirtualBox VM at the voice n#3 and n#4
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I can't find them.
Thanks in advance!
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It has to be mounted from the VB menu.
It's hidden in the package contents.
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