We'll be using VMware Workstation 9, where you can get the free trial here. The use of virtual machines can be great in the right hands, or for the right tools, and thanks to our core- and RAM ...

Have you every wondered, "What is a virtual machine?" In these days of virtualization, the term is getting more common. Here's what it means.

VMware offers a very comprehensive selection of virtualization products, with Fusion for the Apple Mac and Workstation for the PC. Despite the name difference, these two products offer effectively the ...

You can install Windows 11 as a virtual machine using the free VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Using Hyper-V Manager Open the Hyper-V Manager and select the Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Now, click the F2 key or the Virtual Machine in the Name column.

Install Windows 11 safely in a virtual machine with this step-by-step guide from ExtremeTech—ideal for testing software or managing files securely.

Click the top-right “Global Tools” button to list all the created virtual media drives, which are the virtual drives you create to store your virtual machines’ OSes and data.

Whether you use Windows 11 or Linux distributions, you can follow the same guide. However, you must enable it for each virtual machine since it doesn’t work across all platforms.

When you create a new virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager, the virtual hard disk that you create will be 127GB in size (unless you specify another size).

Using virtual machines does not come without a few potential disadvantages, however. The first and most important of these is that the development team needs to be disciplined in backing up their ...