VirtualBox has improved tremendously in the last seven years. In that same time, progress on VMware Fusion and Workstation has slowed (they got rid of most of the dev teams, if I remember correctly).
I'd recommend just sticking with VirtualBox unless VMware has some feature(s) you need and/or you have the extra money to blow.
You can even start with VirtualBox and move to VMware later if you find a reason to. You can easily convert any existing VMs back and forth, etc.
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(I've got a full vSphere cluster here in my home lab and VMware Workstation on my workstation and primary laptop. I've decided that I won't be giving VMware any more money, though.)
I'd recommend just sticking with VirtualBox unless VMware has some feature(s) you need and/or you have the extra money to blow.
You can even start with VirtualBox and move to VMware later if you find a reason to. You can easily convert any existing VMs back and forth, etc.
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(I've got a full vSphere cluster here in my home lab and VMware Workstation on my workstation and primary laptop. I've decided that I won't be giving VMware any more money, though.)