Opensource Vitural PC style system?

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I have been wanting to download some game and a Java interface that don't support Mac OSX, however because I hate windows I can't fully install it on my computer lolz. Anyways I was wondering if anyone knew of a open source virtual machine software I can download so I can run windows XP within OSX SnowLeopard? Thanks
 
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Thanks, how much RAM do you think I'm going to need to use this and play games in it etc. I only have 2GB...
 
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Depends on the game, but VirtualBox like other VM software will require a minimum of around 1 GB to function normally, and that's not taking into account any games.

Also.... VB does not work with games that need hardware acceleration and 3D. In other words, most graphic intensive games should be run from a Boot Camp partition. That means dual booting Windows.
 

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