Virtual machines, simulated PCs with their own operating systems running within another computer’s software, are super freakin’ cool. (That’s a technical term, I’m a professional technology writer.) ...

The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances Virtual appliances are great for the same reasons physical appliances took ...

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 ...

A few months ago when VMware released a free VMware Player, I challenged Microsoft to do the same. Not only has Microsoft answered, but they've gone a step further and made their Virtual Server 2005 ...

Microsoft has made available a free Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine for download. Aimed at developers, Microsoft says, "Start building Windows applications quickly by using a virtual machine ...

Running macOS on Windows is very much possible. PC aficionados may have already guessed it, but if you’re still wondering, we’re talking about running macOS on Windows using virtual machines. As the ...

VMware Inc. made a long-anticipated move July 22 when it announced that its ESXi hypervisor would be free. That doesn’t mean VMware customers can avoid pricey fees for support and management tools, ...

While we haven’t compared VMware backup solutions one to one, it is easy to understand based on features. Offers native backup and replication for VMware, Hyper-V, or AWS environments, i.e., work over ...

If you need a Windows 11-based virtual machine to experiment with software or just want to poke around Microsoft's latest creation from another platform, you may want to download the company's latest ...