off topic : Parallels alternative : VirtualBox

[Thierry]

Merci Pierre for all this info !

Downloaded it , could see in the download pages,
that VirtualBox for Mac isn't anymore in Beta ( on the
screenshots's pages they still say it is ! )

As a former user ( well, still yet ) I have Ubuntu 8.04 under Parallels.

Do you know an easy way to convert my Parallels Hard Disk  
Image .pvs / .pvd
to VirtualBox ? Seems there is a solution via QEMU, but is there  
something more simple ?

And second question, which put this thread in On Topic.
Can we share folders from Rev running on MacOS and the second one on  
a virtual machine ?
That would be great.... may be I'm again dreaming :-)

ps: I'm on MacBook /2 GB RAM / Tiger


> Hello Thierry,
>
> I'm running the GPL version of VirtualBox 1.6.2 under MacOS X  
> 10.5.4 - MacBook Pro 2 Ghz. At this time, 2 hosted OS are installed
>
> - Win 2000 Pro packed inside a VMWare .wmdk partition (because i  
> used the VMWare Fusion's "VMware Importer.app" to convert it in  
> just two clicks from its original Parallels 3.xx ".pvs" format ;
> - Win XP Pro SP2 packed inside a native VirtualBox .vdi partition.
>
> Both are just working very well and fast. The RAM and processor's  
> time footprints of VirtualBox are the lowest i ever seen about  
> virtualisation !
> --
>
> Le 28 juil. 08 à 11:25, Thierry a écrit :
>
>>
>> Le 28 juil. 08 à 11:02, Pierre Sahores a écrit :
>>
>>> Hello There,
>>>
>>> Just a quick note to recommand Sun's VirtualBox instead of  
>>> Parallels 3.xx i'm no more happy with...
>>>
>>> Lots more stable and fast ; able to run natively VMWare VMDK  
>>> partitions ; free and commercial versions ;-)
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Hi Pierre,
>>
>> Which platform are you working with VirtualBox ?
>>
>> On Mac, seems it's still a Beta version ?
>>