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VirtualBox on 2011 Imac and Lion

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seniorgeek

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I am looking for info on running VirtualBox on Lion, does it work, anybody doing this?
 
seniorgeek said:
I am looking for info on running VirtualBox on Lion, does it work, anybody doing this?
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Well I installed VirtualBox and my OEM install of Windows Vista successfully, I then installed Quicken 2010, Visual Web Developer Express, ASP Net 4.0 and a few other programs. To me this is absolutely useless, trying to run applications in the small virtual window is not workable to me. I cannot see anyway to make the window larger, am I missing something? My 2 choices are to keep my Windows box or buy Windows 7 and install with Bootcamp.

How do folks run windows on their Mac machines in the small virtual window successfully?
 
We install the guest add ins and then drag the window to make it larger. I use VB on my work MBP (13") and can run it from 1280x800 all the way up to 1680x1050 (on the external monitor) just by making the window larger.
 
fat jez said:
We install the guest add ins and then drag the window to make it larger. I use VB on my work MBP (13") and can run it from 1280x800 all the way up to 1680x1050 (on the external monitor) just by making the window larger.
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I installed the guest extension but still cannot increase the size of the window.
 
It should automatically change the resolution as you drag the size of the window in the host OS. I don't have it installed under my own MBP as I only use it at work, but I do have no trouble resizing it. To be fair, I haven't tried it under Lion, only SL, but that shouldn't make a difference, as far as I can see.
 
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