Running VMware AND VirtualBox Side by Side

[TW.4T]

Hi, I am currently evaluating VMware Workstation (Win7 x64 Host) and am wanting to compare it with VirtualBox. Is it a good idea to have both systems installed and running at the same time or is it like Anti-Virus software where it is recomended to only have ONE installed and running at a time? Many Thanks

[farmeunit]

It's fine to run both, or used to be. I haven't tried in a while. It's better if you have a bit of RAM.

[Beyond Godlike]

Ive had both running with no problems

[Jen Smith]

  On 19/02/2011 at 15:09, TW.4T said:

Hi, I am currently evaluating VMware Workstation (Win7 x64 Host) and am wanting to compare it with VirtualBox. Is it a good idea to have both systems installed and running at the same time or is it like Anti-Virus software where it is recomended to only have ONE installed and running at a time? Many Thanks

No reason why you couldn't have them installed at the same time, however if I recall correctly you cannot have them both using hardware virtualization at the same time (VT-x), only one can be doing that at a time. Software though shouldn't be an issue, as long as your system has the muscle to pull it off.

[TW.4T]

Yea, I have pleny of RAM (12GB) and my machine has enough horse power. I was just worried about conflicts.

I would of course only be running ONE VM at a time.