Showing posts with label linux virtual machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linux virtual machine. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 February 2015

An Insight of a Virtual Machine - Its Advantages, Usage and Settings



By Russell Winters

You probably know that devices are operating system (OS) specific and thus in one machine you can run one operating system only. What if you are a Mac user and want to test the Windows 10? Do you have to spend many dollars and buy a new Windows laptop for that? Here a Virtual Machine can help. It is a technology that lets you run multiple operating systems on one machine. This article will provide you more insight about virtual machines.
These machines let you run different system software in a separate window but within a common computer. Your host OS will run as it is and within that OS you can create a virtual PC in a separate window. In that virtual system, you can run any other operating system of your requirement. For instance, you have a Mac PC with MAC OS X as the main OS. Then if you create a virtual computer on your Mac PC, you can separately run Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10 or Linux.