VirtualBox is now available for Apple Silicon-based Macs, although with spotty x86 support. Here's how to use it. Oracle's VirtualBox emulator is a free app which allows you to run other OS'es on your ...

I need to virtualise an install of Snow Leopard on my Intel-based iMac in order to continue to use an accounting app that isn't being updated anymore. I've set up a fair number of VMs so have a good ...

Last week my colleague Mihaita Bamburic explained how to install the freshly released Windows 8.1 in VMware Player and Workstation, and I wanted to follow that up by showing how to set up the new OS ...

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Now that Windows 10 is officially available, there’s a good chance you’ll be updating your existing PCs to the new OS. There are reasons for and against doing this of course. If you’re not quite ready ...

Late on Friday, December 13, Valve released the first public version of SteamOS. As you would expect, SteamOS is currently very rough around the edges -- it is essentially just a version of Debian 7.1 ...

Don’t have a dedicated PC on which to install Windows 8? No problem. Just install the OS virtually on an existing PC using a free virtual machine utility. Various VM applications will let you install ...

Internet Explorer may seem like a forgotten relic for most Mac owners, but for some, old flames die hard. Microsoft’s Web browser quickly faded from popularity on Apple rigs starting in 2003, when ...