Windows 10: Best choice for virtualization?

Discus and support Best choice for virtualization? in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; It really depends on your needs/ expectations: - Virtualbox: free, open source, lot's of pro features like snapshots, compatible with a lot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by jmgibson1981, Aug 14, 2015.

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  1. ALTAE
    altae Win User

    Best choice for virtualization?


    It really depends on your needs/ expectations:

    - Virtualbox: free, open source, lot's of pro features like snapshots, compatible with a lot operating systems, hardware accelerated graphics to some extent...
    - VMWare Workstation: paid (expensive), almost any feature one could think of, very good performance, compatible with a lot of operating systems, best hardware accelerated graphics for VMs out there...
    - VMWare player: free, almost the same functionality like VMWare Workstation minus a few pro features like snapshots...
    - Hyper-V: free (if you got Windows 10 pro), performance seems to be ok, unique flexible ram allocation feature, centred around Windows (runs a few Linux distributions though), not as user friendly as VMWare or Virtualbox...

    I used to work with Virtualbox until I stumbled upon a 100 Euro offer for VMWare Workstation 11. I took advantage of the opportunity and now I'm very satisfied with Workstation 11. It just feels more polished, more capable than Virtualbox. But I'd like to make one thing clear: Virtualbox is a very good virtualizer and for most people it comes with more features than they'd ever need. On the other hand I haven't got a lot of experience with hyper-v. I've never really felt like seriously trying it out. VMWare Workstation as well Virtualbox have always been the more obvious choice for my since I use virtualization mostly for Linux.
     
    altae, Aug 21, 2015
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  2. MANSOME
    Mansome Win User

    Get VmWare Player. Never understood why folks go with virtual box. Its too slow even when configured with more resources compared to other hyper-visors. Its always dead last in any kind of benchmarks.
     
    Mansome, Aug 21, 2015
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  3. MANSOME
    Mansome Win User
    Hyper-v doesn't have a seamless mode. VmWare Player does.
     
    Mansome, Aug 21, 2015
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  4. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User

    Best choice for virtualization?

    If you care about that sort of thing.. Personally, I find it a waste of resources and annoying. But everyone is different.
     
    Mystere, Apr 5, 2018
    #19
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