Then I came across Sun’s free offering VirtualBox (in this walkthrough I’m running VirtualBox version 2.1.4) – it does everything I need, and it’s free!
Previously I was using Parallels to run my virtual machines but since my trial version expired I wasn’t able to access my virtual OS any more. I use Windows on my Mac in two ways: Vista Premium through bootcamp and Windows 7 and Windows XP as virtual machines through the OSX desktop. If this post helps you out, I’m collecting money for Christies Cancer Hospital and it would be good if you could contribute a small donation.
This post is a step by step explaining how to convert a Parallels Virtual Machine to a VirtualBox Virtual Machine.