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I used VirtualBox on a personal machine for a while, mostly because I needed pc specific applications and I had a mac at home. It is a little slow, but that could probably be partially addressed by allocating your RAM a little differently. And can also be a little tricky to configure properly if you are doing anything "special." I seem to remember having to uninstall and reinstall windows a couple of different times for it to actually work. Also, not all peripherals will work through VirtualBox. I don't think I could print anything from there, and the webcam/mic that was native on the mac would not work. There were some other things that were wonky, too, but I haven't needed to use it in about a year, so I can't remember exactly what was odd and non-functional. Also it could have be that if I had messed with the configuration settings a bit more it would have been more functional. I've heard that Parallels is easier to set up. But it costs money. I chose VirtualBox because it was free, and that was about how much money I was willing to put into it. :) On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > These virtualization tools run as apps in OSX. Double-click (wait...) and > go. > > VirtualBox is owned by Oracle, which picked it up from Sun who bought it > as a way to promote Solaris on the desktop (We know how well that worked > out). Like MySQL, it is free for now, but no guarantees. > > Other virtualization tools for OSX are VMWare Fusion (meh) and Parallels > (fastest). > > Cary > > On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > So VirtualBox allows you to feel like you are switching your OS without > > rebooting, correct? > > A user can, for example, fire up a Mac and then if they want to launch a > > Windows environment they can do so with a double-click, yes? > > Thanks all for your thoughts on this, it is helpful... > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. < > [log in to unmask] > >> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> The issue at public terminals is being able to switch between operating > >> systems with out having to reboot. To my knowledge refit nor boot camp > >> offers this. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Cornel Darden Jr. > >> MSLIS > >> Librarian > >> Kennedy-King College > >> City Colleges of Chicago > >> Work 773-602-5449 > >> Cell 708-705-2945 > >> > >>> On Aug 12, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:57:21AM -0400, Nate Hill wrote: > >>>> Is anyone on the list using mac computers and bootcamp or some other > >>>> partition to offer public access to either a mac or windows > environment > >> for > >>>> their users? This seems like ti could be a pretty cool option to > >> present > >>>> folks with. > >>>> > >>>> Any thoughts on the matter? I'm trying to figure out what to replace > >> our > >>>> public computers with here in Chattanooga. Obviously I want them to > be > >>>> both inexpensive and awesome. > >>> > >>> I forgot to mention ReFit [0] (now defunct but should still work) > and/or > >> ReFind which is recommended at their Website. > >>> > >>> This will allow a user to select which OS to boot after POST. > >>> > >>> ./fxk > >>> > >>> [0] http://refit.sourceforge.net/ > >>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Nate Hill > >>>> [log in to unmask] > >>>> http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ > >>>> http://www.natehill.net > >>> > >>> -- > >>> People are beginning to notice you. Try dressing before you leave the > >> house. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Nate Hill > > [log in to unmask] > > http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.org/ > > http://www.natehill.net >