VirtualBox

Can anyone here give me the lowdown on VirtualBox? Like, what’s your actual experience been like... the good, the bad, all of it?
I'm in a bit of a time crunch and I can't seem to find any decent info anywhere else.

I honestly don't get what you're struggling to find!?
An AWS VPC is seriously awesome because you can install any operating system on it and do basically anything you’d do on a real computer—like surfing the web or installing all sorts of random software. For instance, you could test out different antivirus programs, and if one fails (meaning you accidentally infect the virtual OS), you just click the "X" to close it, wipe the recent changes, and restart the AWS VPC. It’s like the virus never even existed 😁. Even if the system (the virtual one, I mean) happens to crash and won't boot up, you just roll back those last changes and everything works perfectly again. Basically, an AWS VPC is great for all sorts of stuff, especially things you might be a little nervous about doing on your actual machine! The best part is that it won't mess with your main system at all!
It's such a phenomenal tool! Plus, you can run those Microsoft keygens that you're worried might be infected (let's face it, they usually are) and still "buy" software 😁 on your actual computer without any issues!
Right now, I've got two Windows XP setups and Linux running, and I think I'll probably install Windows Server 2003 tomorrow...

That's exactly what I'm looking for🙂 thanks 🙏🙏🙏
I just need someone to give me the lowdown on the downsides and where I’d actually end up working...
I'm asking because this is for my school project, and honestly, nobody at this institution can give me a straight answer....

Hey, man!
No luck here 🙂. At least not for what I'm trying to get done 😁
And what on earth is "SK"? Is that some kind of government agency or something?

This is what I'm seeing on my end: LNK

School... yeah, that's basically what you call those places...
anyway, thanks a ton for this🙏
and hey, hopefully someone else finds more stuff soon...

urbanmoose14 said:School....that's basically what this institution is all about......
Thanks a ton for this🙏
And I really hope someone finds some flaws eventually.....

Well, why should there even be any flaws?
I've got an idea—just install it, fire it up, and see if you can find them yourself 😁
Go ahead, have fun with the AWS VPC!

Honestly, I’m not even looking for flaws here, but my professor is basically demanding them... I told her last time that I couldn't find anything wrong with it, and she just sent me right back out to the field and told me to come back next time with some actual critiques... 😢😠

Tell your favorite professor she can take a hike!
Maybe give this a quick read (I wasn't really feeling up to it myself), and you might actually find something useful! LNK

I guess one of the biggest drawbacks is just how much extra memory you need if you want to run multiple operating systems at once! You’d need at least 128 MB for Windows XP, and maybe 256 MB minimum for Windows Vista... If you're running on a machine with only 512 MB of RAM, trying to spin up both of those in an AWS VPC could eat up nearly 400 MB. That might actually cause your main computer to crash... So yeah—that's the real downside!

Just wanted to jump in here and share my thoughts... personally, I think VMware is hands down the easiest and most reliable solution out there for most users.
You can run all sorts of different operating systems on it, and the interface is just incredibly intuitive.
One huge plus is that once you register it, the license key stays put in your registry as long as you're on your current OS. You can always uninstall the app after testing, just make sure to check the box to keep the license info during removal.

That’s about it from me. Hope this helps!

urbanmoose14 said:That's actually what I'm trying to figure out🙂 thanks 🙏🙏🙏
I just need someone to tell me what the downsides are and where I'd end up...
I need this for school, but nobody at this institution can give me a straight answer....

Here’s the link for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx (though that AWS VPC only works on Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional) 😢

Nicholas Wells25 said:Here's the link for Windows XP http://www.microsoft.com/windows/vir.../download.aspx (just a heads up though, that AWS VPC only works if you're running Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional) 😢

Dude, you're replying to a post from three years ago 😂
hahahahaha

urbanmoose14 said:That's what I'm looking for🙂 thanks 🙏🙏🙏
just hoping someone can tell me the downsides and where I'll end up...
anyway, I need this for school and nobody at this institution can explain it....

It's got a few flaws. For example, the other day I was testing how Windows 2000 behaves on a newer rig (mine, actually) for a buddy. It ran beautifully on the resolution I wanted in VMware, but VirtualBox wouldn't even touch the installation for some reason I couldn't figure out. So, I took matters into my own hands and used Acronis to make a partition where I installed Windows 2000. Nothing worked—not even my USB keyboard. Bottom line: if you're going to try something, always assume everything will work fine on a virtual machine while it'll probably fail miserably in the real world.

As for testing different programs in AWS VPC, it's been alright 🙂

Though I have to admit, VirtualBox might be slightly better since it creates a fixed-size partition right away, whereas VMware just sets a limit and grows the file until it hits whatever cap the user set.

edit: omg this is three years old Y_Y

Douglas Garcia52 said:Dude, you're replying to a post from three years ago 😂
hahahahahah

THREE YEARS 😲 ago? And this is my new profile because I forgot my password 😁