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  1. 06-30-2009, 12:40 PM #1
    phoronix
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    Default VirtualBox 3.0 Released With SMP, Improved Graphics

    Phoronix: VirtualBox 3.0 Released With SMP, Improved Graphics

    VirtualBox 3.0 has been in beta for less than a month, but Sun Microsystems has now decided to officially release this major update to their virtualization software. Most notably, VirtualBox 3.0 finally brings support for SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) to guest operating systems...

    http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzM1NQ
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  2. 06-30-2009, 03:38 PM #2
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    And the VB3 Final is not better as the Beta. Windows x64 Guests still broken. Sun say AMD-V not exsist but can not explain why its under VB 2.1.4 working -.-
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  3. 06-30-2009, 08:36 PM #3
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    So far the only OS I can get running correctly under VirtualBox 3.0 Beta is Windows 7 x86.
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  4. 06-30-2009, 08:47 PM #4
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    Well, 64-bit windows (xp,vista,win7), linux 64-bit, bsd guests all work fine here on Phenom II, Phenom and X2's.

    Last edited by deanjo; 06-30-2009 at 10:59 PM. Reason: added pic
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  5. 06-30-2009, 09:52 PM #5
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    It will be interesting to see the performance numbers on this... how they compare to native.
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