- dotTech - http://dottech.org - Virtual Machines, Part One:
What, why, and how Posted By Locutus On October 5, 2011 @ 12:20
PM In Tips 'n Tricks | 43 Comments Not to be confused with
virtual process machines , virtual machines are, as Wikipedia
puts it, “a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a
computer) that executes programs like a physical machine”.
They’re operating systems like Windows or Linux inside a
separate program on your existing operating system. They can do
a lot of things a regular computer could do, but instead of
using new hardware, the virtual machines (the guests) use a
program on your current hardware (the host). But why would you
care? Some times it’s fun to try new software, but you don’t
want to mess up your computer. Other times, you could be trying
out a new operating system. Maybe you want to see if you can
have fun by getting that latest virus and trying to get rid of
it. (Hint: don’t do that, please.) There is no one definitive
program to make virtual machines in. Microsoft