LifeHacker discusses the use of Virtual Machines, and how to setup VirtualBox to run Windows XP.
Lifehacker – The Beginner’s Guide to Creating Virtual Machines with VirtualBox – Virtual Machine: ”
Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That’s sad, because it’s an easy, free way to try or use a separate OS without messing with your hard drive.
What’s virtualization? Why get that nerdy?
Virtualization is a whole computer concept unto itself, at least on the server/enterprise/big-fancy-corporate level. For home users, talk about ‘virtual machines’ generally refers to x86 virtualization. Basically, it’s software that allows an entire operating system (the ‘guest’) to run on another OS (the ‘Host’), whether in a container window, or full-screen, or in what’s sometimes called a ‘seamless’ mode, where just one application is run from the ‘guest'”