The performance deficit is most noticeable when you switch to VMware Workstation Player. But on a low power machine, VirtualBox doesn't give the best virtualization experience.

If you have decent hardware, you won't notice the stutters and whirring quite as much. Simply put, VirtualBox is one of the slowest virtual machine options available. It isn't the most powerful CPU, but it handles most things. I'm testing each virtual machine option using a Lubuntu guest operating system on my desktop, which has an Intel i5-3570K, 16GB RAM, and an Nvidia GTX 1070. Furthermore, the virtual machine you use makes a huge difference. The performance of a virtual machine relates to the hardware you use to run it. The difference isn't much, but it does mean the VMware Workstation Player virtual machine is ready to run after finishing the wizard, rather than having to alter more settings once it completes. Whereas, the VMware Workstation Player wizard allows you to customize settings during the virtual machine creation process.

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