Sun has just made available version 2.0 of its software VirtualBox, an Open Source multi platform virtualisation software. Even though the first versions for Mac (the 1.4) was not successful, this version 2.0 brings all the comforts and more compared to the software concurents like VMWare Fusion and Parallels:
- Support of a large number of OS: from DOS to Vista, and also many Linux distributions
- Support of the network in mode NAT or Bridge with several models of possible networks cards (to increase compatibility with the virtualized systems)
- Support of USB 2.0 with filtering of the peripherals captured according to their name, manufacturing etcÂ…
- Support of the 64 Bit for the machine host and the machine guest
- Complete Manager of virtual machines
- Support of instantaneous (snapshots)
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