Technology Musings
In: VirtualBox
18 Jun 2009The major feature for VirtualBox 3.0 is improved 3D graphics acceleration. Sun is attempting support for Direct3D 8/9 on Windows and OpenGL 2.0 everywhere.
In: VirtualBox
22 Jan 2009Sun has released VirtualBox 2.1.2. This is a maintenance rather than feature upgrade, but there are a few highlights including better Windows 7 guest support.
In: Linux|VirtualBox|Windows
15 Jan 2009You’ve installed VirtualBox Guest Additions in Windows 7, but Shared Folders don’t yet work. There is a simple workaround that can provide basic functionality.
In: VirtualBox|Windows
31 Dec 2008If you’ve snagged yourself a copy of Windows 7 Beta 1 and are anxious to give it a whirl, installing it in a virtualized environment is a great way to go. It’s no secret that VirtualBox is my favorite VM application, so I wanted to mention a bit of advice for getting it working properly.
In: Linux|Mac|VirtualBox|Windows
17 Dec 2008A detailed analysis of advantages and limitations of the most important new features of VirtualBox 2.1.