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which one is best Vmware or virtual box?

Asked by Muhammad Umar Ibrahim

just wand windows for internet explorer. currently i am using virtual box it is easy to use and was user friendly setup i mean i didn't used terminal to install it what about Vmware? who consumes less system resources and give more out put?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Neither is better, or the other would die out as nobody would use the inferior product when both are free. Virtualbox has a nice and friendly GUI, as a new user I'd advise you use virtualbox for simplicity. VMware is a bit more locked into the hardware and is proprietary. It's like asking

"Which is best, Coke or Pepsi?"

Half will say coke and half will say pepsi, neither is outright better.

Why not try both and see which you prefer and use that?

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

I'm using too VirtualBox. I heard that it's more user friendly than VmWare.
I also see more issues reported in this forum about VmWare, but there are very few.

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Muhammad Umar Ibrahim (mumaribrahim) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.