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Parallels and VMWare Fusion at up to $90 a pop get most of the attention when it comes to solutions for running Windows at the same time as Mac OS X. Sure, you could use Apple’s included Boot Camp, but you have to reboot every time you want to switch platforms. So how does a freeware maven cope?

LowEndMac has the lowdown on how to use VirtualBox. As recently as a year ago, the Mac version of this free alternative wasn’t ready for prime time, but things have changed a lot since then.

VirtualBox is now backed by Sun Microsystems and an exploration of the website shows strong support from forums, mailing lists, bug tracking and IRC. Installation takes about half an hour. If you’re up to it, this is your freeware path of choice.

Update: Installation time corrected to about half an hour.

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in

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  1. “installation can take a couple of hours”? Huh?

    Download, install, ready.

    For private, evaluation and academic use you may use the binary.

    Only for other purposes you are forced to compile it yourself and need some time and expertise to make it happen.

    Andreas

  2. Sorry, I misread the article. It should be more like half an hour.

    Mark





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