I guess Wonky Wonk has said it all. In addition, as I am a VCP I get VMware workstation for free, so I have been enjoying it for the past few years .

Enjoy,
Eiad

Howdy.

I have used VMware Workstation since 1999 on various Linux platforms and sometimes under windows. I work as a Systems Engineer for a VAR and use workstation 6.5 or 7.x to run ESX servers and NetApp simulators, as well as entire Active Directory domains, all on a host-only network, for portability.

You mentioned running 64-bit VM’s, and ESX is one. Works beautifully, and can power on VM’s **INSIDE** the ESX VM, running on a laptop that runs Linux (ubuntu 9.04_64) and VMware Workstation 7.0. I have a simulated iSCSI SAN, CIFS server, and NFS server in the network as well.

I use this to self-train and to demonstrate. I’ve tried vBox and MS stuff too, but this type of thing won’t even work under Windows Vista 64 or XP as host OS’s. BSOD.

HP Elitebook 8530w, 4GB ram, 250GB 5400rpm HDD, BTW

Just need to have vPro and a good Linux distribution.

And who cares about 3GB of HDD space? Don’t let THAT stop you!

WW
7-9-2010

my host is windows 7 64bit enterprise and i need to run 64bit VMs (windows server 2008 r2 mostly) for testing and developing purpose.

i liked VS2005 r2 because it wast tiny, it runs as a service and i can access VMs and settings from other pc

My first choice for replacement was vmware server 2 but it want to install tomcat and all that java stuff on my pc and i dont like that and also its come with a 520mb installer!?!?!

so i tried vmware workstation 7 but it want to install 3gb of stuff on my pc.. and i don’t need 3d acceleration

so my last choice is Virtualbox3 because it seems fast and small and with some tweak i could run VMs as service; or maybe i should format my pc and install directly Windows server 2008 R2 with hyperV

What do you think about the struggle between VirtualBox and VMWare Workstation/Server.

thanks in advance