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Virtualbox or VMware for 2.6.4 on Windows10

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Hi - I intend to install sandbox 2.6.4 HDP on my Windows 10 OS with 8 GB Ram, intel i5 2.5 GHZ. If anyone can help that which one would be better of two - Virtual box or Vmware ?

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Ash

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Either will work. When we do meetups or crash courses we tend to recommend VirtualBox.

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Either will work. When we do meetups or crash courses we tend to recommend VirtualBox.

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Thanks !!!

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Please keep in mind the prerequisites: you need at least 8GB RAM to spare.
Since you computer has 8GB, you may run into memory issues. Only way to find out is to give it a try.