There are some other benefits to using an OS within a VM, like having a virtual drive that grows and shrinks based on what you need. If I need a bit more oomph, I can reconfigure my VM with more RAM ...

One of the bigger names in virtualization — VMware — has remained strangely silent on the subject of Macintosh support, but it’s silent no more. On Monday, VMware announced support for the Mac with a ...

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 ...

I was struck by Alex’s article on software development using virtual machines. His tl;dr conclusion was that “using a VM to develop software has a lot of advantages, but it is not quite ready for ...

A clause in the license for the latest server edition of Mac OS X will let the software run outside of a fully native environment — and developers are relishing the prospects of supporting virtual ...

Recently I wrote a detailed article on using VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop on the Mac. These two programs are virtualization solutions—they allow one “host” operating system (Mac OS X) to run ...

Qubes OS is a free open-source operating system that’s fully security-oriented. It leverages Xen-based virtualization, which allows the user to create, use and delete easily isolated compartments ...

About nine months ago, I acquired a 13-inch MacBook Air. At that point, the first Ultrabooks had been announced but were not yet shipping. Even so, I might have waited, except that the Ultrabooks I’d ...