Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try another operating system, or use those one or two apps ...

A Virtual Machine is one of the cheapest ways to experience and use multiple operating systems on a single computer. Two of the biggest brands in the virtual machine industry are VMWare and VirtualBox ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source ...

If you want to check out the Insiders preview edition of Windows 11, you have a few options on how and where to install it. You can put it on a dedicated or spare PC ...

Oracle Solaris is a Unix-based operating system known for its scalability, security, and advanced features like ZFS and DTrace. If you are looking to use Solaris, you don’t have to create a separate ...

When it comes to virtualization on the desktop, two products stand front and center: VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. The former is the long-standing original keeper of the flame, from the company ...

Oracle VirtualBox, formerly Sun VirtualBox, is an open source virtualization platform that allows you to run multiple operating systems on a single machine. If you are switching from VMware to ...

VMware Workstation Pro offers superior performance in setting up and running virtual machines compared to VirtualBox. VirtualBox is simpler to set up, has a more intuitive user interface, and supports ...

Two years ago, we visited the subject of free desktop virtualization hypervisors. At the time, the two preferred free solutions were Sun's xVM VirtualBox and and VMware Server 2.0. Things have changed ...