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I ditched my spare Windows PC for virtual machines—and testing sketchy software got way easier

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

Do I need Windows and software licenses for a virtual machine?

A virtual machine (VM) is an operating system that’s emulated within another operating system. You could run Windows within a MacBook as a virtual machine, or even Windows within Windows. Because of ...
Ars Technica

Inexpensive upgrade options to Windows 8 from Windows 7 Pro

Since XP will be unsupported very soon, I'm thinking of deleting my XP VM and replacing it with a Windows 8 VM. I have a license for Windows 7 Pro, but I couldn't find an upgrade version of Windows 8 ...
TechSpot

Windows Server users have a new tool to convert VMware virtual machines to Hyper-V instances

Cloudy Tactics: In another effort to steer Windows customers toward Azure, Microsoft is offering a new tool that converts virtual machines between two formats. The goal is to help organizations stay ...