VirtualBox 1.6.2

Publisher's Description:

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

Latest Changes:

• GUI: fixed a bug which prevented to add more than one SATA drive from the GUI
• GUI: fixed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: the fullscreen mode was left on every guest video mode switch
• GUI: fixed several minor issues
• Networking: fixed a host interface networking regression introduced in 1.6.0
• VMM: fixed starting of VMs with AMD-V enabled
• VMM: massive performance enhancements for AMD-V
• VMM: stability improvements for AMD-V on Windows hosts
• VMM: correctly detect AMD CPUs with erratum 170 (AMD-V)
• VMM: detect inconsistent timestamp counters on certain AMD Phenom CPUs (Windows host only)
• VMM: fixed KVM check (Linux hosts only) XPCOM: fixed several races
• VMM: ?xed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: Windows stuck during installation
• SATA: improved performance with Vista guests
• SATA: fixed statistics counter
• Shared Folders: several fixes (iTunes download, speed up browsing)
• ATA/IDE: fixed boot from CDROM if a medium was added while the boot menu was active

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	bouchonx	Jun 17, 2008
Version:	1.6.2
FAST AND EASY TO INSTALL
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Reviewer:	marty	Jun 6, 2008
Version:	1.6.2
This software is great. If Sun continues their work to support 64 bit guest the hundreds of dollars I've spent on VMware is gone with the wind I guess. Besides the Windows version of the program I can run my Virtual Boxes from Debian accessing the Windows partition via ntfs-3g. Great work Sun. BTW the individual who said on another thread the nobody runs openSolaris on the desktop should try it sometime. It's the most beautiful desktop I've ever seen using Gnome.
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Reviewer:	preinterpost	Jun 6, 2008
Version:	1.6.2
One of the best VMs but bad QA. Always seem slip in major bugs. Right now my laptop crashes when put to sleep when closing the lid with VB open - I do that often to move the machine and happens with no other soft... It's also lame that it cannot be run as a service. While it's up and running great. Starting and stopping lame... Hope this gets better soon with Sun in the driver seat.
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Reviewer:	Wiser	May 21, 2008
Version:	1.6
Been using this program for quite a while now and I have to say I absolutely love it. The only real issue I've come across is when installing Ubuntu, I have to set the processor affinity for VirtualBox to use only one core (dual-core machine). Other than that, this is a top-notch piece of software.
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Reviewer:	berserkchaos	May 3, 2008
Version:	1.6
better than virtual pc but it doesn't beat vmware workstation. It's has some issues like the fact that all your VM config becomes useless if you switch the app language. Honestly... the last time that I heard of something like this was in the earlier versions of Excel. I'm keeping this one to replace all my VirtualPC VM's, OS testing and other minor tasks, but I'm holding to VMware for my serious projects.
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