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Product Category: Virtual Machine Software
Developer: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Where to Buy: VirtualBox Home Page
Price: Free
System Requirements: Intel based Mac
Specifications: Requires 70 Megabytes for install, plus space for virtual disk drives. Works best with higher memory configurations.

Pros:

• It's free;
• Very fast performance.

Cons:

• Can be hard to configure;
• No equivalent to Parallels Coherence mode;
• Doesn't work with Boot Camp Partitions.
  

Summary:
VirtualBox is a free alternative to VMware Fusion or Parallels. It offers excellent performance, and allows you to run Windows or Linux on your Mac alongside OS X. It's not always the most intuitive software, however.
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