When Microsoft took over development of Virtual PC, after buying Connectix at the beginning of 2003, it promised Mac users a reason to celebrate. With Microsoft’s intimate knowledge of Windows, the ...

Virtual machines beat sandboxes for testing untrusted software, and here's why I switched ...

About two years after Sightful’s Spacetop first emerged as a sort of display-less virtual computer, Spacetop is ready for liftoff — this time as a subscription-based Windows app that runs on ...

Multiple (virtual) desktops for the win!

Confirmed Problem with more than 2 GB of RAM, workaround By far the most widely reported, and serious issue with Virtual PC 7.0 is a repeatable crash caused by having more than 2 GB of RAM installed.

From playing around with code to running specialist software, virtual desktops have many uses. If you choose the right solution, you can get a powerful desktop experience on pretty much any device — ...

Microsoft has released version 7.0.2 of Virtual PC, its Intel emulation software for PowerPC-based Mac OS X systems. The update's brief release notes indicate improvements in overall stability of ...

If you’re a PC user and Apple’s recent ads have persuaded you to switch, but you still pine for some of the PC applications you left behind, Connectix’s recently updated Virtual PC 6 might give you ...

Late last year, we told you about the Chungus 2, a virtual computer that was “built” within the blocky world of Minecraft. The initial processor design could play super-basic games like Snake on a ...