EDIT: sorry, there is indeed still a free version, it seems, VMware Workstation Player 14 - so you could still check it out. In summary: production will sit on HW, while test env. VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player both use seamless mode to integrate the virtual machine environment into the host operating system.Oracle produced Virtual Box to virtualize the IT industry. In the early years of VirtualBox, VMware clearly offered the better product. Important! For VMware: After setting up, go to “Virtual Machine Settings” > under “Hardware” Tab > Select “Display” > Enable “Accelerate 3D graphics” Hyper-V and VirtualBox both are Virtualization platforms Type-1 (bare metal) and Type 2 hypervisor respectively. On a Win7 host, the Virtualbox guests have their internet connection disconnected every few seconds, since VMware is installed.
