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Add to SafariWhen comparing Virtual Box vs V2 Cloud, the Slant community recommends Virtual Box for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop virtualization solutions?” Virtual Box is ranked 3rd while V2 Cloud is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Virtual Box is:
It works for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and many others.
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Pros
Pro Compatible with Many Operating Systems
It works for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and many others.
Pro Beginner friendly
A virtual machine can be set up in minutes if a ISO file to load is already available.
Pro Works well and fast for Windows host and Linux guest
Pro Free and open source
Pro Many free images available
Though most are linux flavors at https://virtualboxes.org/
Oracle's virtualbox site has others.
Pro Can do snapshots
Pro A lot of customization
VirtualBox has multiple virtualization options. Each one may be tailored to the guest operating system’s needs. This makes it especially good on virtualizing older systems, such as DOS, obscure distros, etc.
Pro Easy to use
It's fast enough and a user friendly solution to move your operations to a cloud-based computer. This is the company to work with.
Pro The customer support services they offer are second to none
Basically, the system has an inbuilt chat window that you can use to interact with tech support and get instant assistance.
Cons
Con Lacks video performance
Virtualbox has a hard cap of 256MB of video memory. This could make newer operating systems run slower.
Con Minimal CPU customization
You can only enable/disable certain features. You cannot cap the speed of the CPU, which is required to run systems such as Windows 95.
Con No GPU
If you are looking for a system that has GPU, this solution isn't recommended.
