Comments on: Parallels http://thomshouse.net/2009/03/parallels/ Rants and raves from another codemonkey with a blog. Mon, 31 May 2010 14:04:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Robert Millan http://thomshouse.net/2009/03/parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Robert Millan Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:28:15 +0000 http://thomshouse.net/?p=76#comment-30 FYI, there's experimental Direct3D support for VirtualBox, using WineD3D: http://www.nongnu.org/wined3d/ FYI, there’s experimental Direct3D support for VirtualBox, using WineD3D:

http://www.nongnu.org/wined3d/

]]> By: Thom http://thomshouse.net/2009/03/parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Thom Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:34:34 +0000 http://thomshouse.net/?p=76#comment-10 I am currently running 2.1.2, which according to the changelog, does have the 3D acceleration, but I have not tried using that feature. I have some upgrades coming for my computer (bigger hard drive, Leopard, and a new keyboard--don't ask, haha) and I've decided I'm just going to go with Boot Camp and Parallels in concert. One of the other reasons I moved away from VirtualBox is their lack of ability to compress a disk image... They did have it available via command line, but disabled it a few versions ago. The result was that I was stuck with a bloated, 9 GB image file despite only having about 4 GB on the drive. I really don't mean to rag on VirtualBox because I really like the software and I like even better than it's open source. If Sun wants to keep VirtualBox competitive, they really need to invest in development and give VB some of the embellishments that Parallels and VMware have. OpenGL support is a good step. :) I am currently running 2.1.2, which according to the changelog, does have the 3D acceleration, but I have not tried using that feature. I have some upgrades coming for my computer (bigger hard drive, Leopard, and a new keyboard–don’t ask, haha) and I’ve decided I’m just going to go with Boot Camp and Parallels in concert.

One of the other reasons I moved away from VirtualBox is their lack of ability to compress a disk image… They did have it available via command line, but disabled it a few versions ago. The result was that I was stuck with a bloated, 9 GB image file despite only having about 4 GB on the drive.

I really don’t mean to rag on VirtualBox because I really like the software and I like even better than it’s open source. If Sun wants to keep VirtualBox competitive, they really need to invest in development and give VB some of the embellishments that Parallels and VMware have. OpenGL support is a good step. :)

]]> By: rpv http://thomshouse.net/2009/03/parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-5 rpv Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:06:59 +0000 http://thomshouse.net/?p=76#comment-5 Have you tried Virtualbox 2.1.4 with experimental 3D graphics acceleration? Have you tried Virtualbox 2.1.4 with experimental 3D graphics acceleration?

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