Virtualisation Technologies:
Does one go and buy a new machine regardless? Or upgrade unwittlingly? Actually, many do ..and then find that legacy applications don't work, or drivers for particular hardware just aren't released yet. If you're in the Windows world, you could go with Microsoft Virtual PC. It does a fair job of porting over Windows XP and other operating systems into your (Windows) host computer. But even with the extensions installed it has limitations. Hooking up to the internet via the host's network, or even accessing a memory stick.
Give Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows & Linux a try today and you’ll see how easy it is to run multiple versions & multiple types of operating systems side by side on your computer.
Note: x86 and x64 PC platforms with Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support is a prerequisite. See list of OSs supported and System Requirements
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