Talk:VirtualBox

message: The info box says that the size for VirtualBox is "40 – 90 MB depending on platform." But I'm downloading 4.2.6 on OS X, and it says the download size is 104 MB. And an extracted version of 4.2.4 (so the app itself, not the compressed download DMG) is 250 MB. Seems the infobox should be updated. Althepal (talk) 22:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox Size info seems way off 

message: From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_box#Licensing
Says:
:Although VirtualBox has experimental support for Mac OS X guests, the end user license agreement of Mac OS X does not permit the operating system to run on non-Apple hardware, enforced within the operating system by calls to the Apple System Management Controller (SMC) in all Apple machines, which verifies the authenticity of the hardware.
This has changed, and at least for Mt Lion 10.8.2 Apple says "you are granted a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license:":
:(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b) testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-commercial use.
From: http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/OSX1082.pdf , Page 2, Section 2.A.iii
Accessed via: http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/ --> Choose "Operating System, Software Tools, and Server" --> Choose "OS X (Mountain Lion)" --> Choose "OS X (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)"
76.90.15.7 (talk) 10:49, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is out of date 

message: I've been using VirtualBox for years, and as long as I can remember it has supported way more than three hard drive image formats (article says it only supports 3).
Currently the supporte formats are: VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD, QED, and QCOW.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrainSlugs83 (talk • contribs) 04:19, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is RIDICULOUSLY out of date 

message: We have:
:"In the absence of hardware-assisted virtualization, VirtualBox adopts a software-based virtualization approach." (abridged) (in the Software-based virtualization section)
and, elsewhere,
:"VirtualBox supports some guests only on hosts with hardware-assisted virtualization." (abridged) (in Hardware-assisted virtualization)
Doesn't the second statement contradict the former ? —Jerome Potts (talk) 04:23, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there is no contradiction. Some guests are not supported by the software-only mode. Specifically, VT-x or AMD-v is required for all 64bit guests (regardless of whether the host OS is 64bits or not), and for Windows 8.x and Windows Server 2012 and later.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.68.15.142 (talk) 14:40, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hardware-assisted and software-based virtualization 

message: I don't wanna get a virus.YOUNEEDPROTOGENT (talk) 22:52, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The official site has a page for that: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads — Be aware that sometimes Oracle inserts a question about "free" additional software in their install packages, but it will usually be obvious, not hidden.  (I don't remember if they do that with VirtualBox, or just Java.) --Closeapple (talk) 05:16, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  where is a legit virtualbox download? 

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message: What part of the article explains what virtual box is or does? 73.32.120.40 (talk) 01:05, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I had a pretty good idea of what it is and does after the first sentence. Please improve any part of the article that you think needs improvement. DOSGuy (talk) 03:57, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

text: The first sentence links to type-2 hypervisor which explains in details what VirtualBox is. Artem S. Tashkinov (talk) 09:56, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horrible  article. 

message: Please would an interested editor assess the material added at User:Xhy279/VirtualBox, incorporate what is useful, blank that page as WP:COPYARTICLE, and leave a note here when done? – Fayenatic London 22:49, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've the draft and I like the idea of moving the release history to features section. That would require some cleanup, but otherwise this is a smart way to get rid of rather obnoxiously long list of changes. – K4rolB (talk) 10:35, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abandoned user draft  

message: The second paragraph starts "VirtualBox was originally created by Innotek GmbH..." with a hyperlink for the company, which redirects to this article, which is not particularly useful.  Johnnyboy755 (talk) 07:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, removed the link. We should not use user-generated sources as a reference, so linking to one seems wrong. – K4rolB (talk) 10:21, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Innotek GmbH