

It can be used to create and run virtual machines without switching operating systems, but be aware that the Workstation player cannot run on 3 virtual machines at the same time. Think of the Workstation Player as the friendly version of its older brother, Workstation Pro. System execution stops at that moment, and you can reuse it later. You can also "pause" the VM while it is running. When configuring a virtual machine, the user can specify the number of CPU cores and the RAM and disk space that needs to be allocated to the VM.

The operating systems supported by VirtualBox include Windows, Linux, and macOS. We refer to the operating system that runs in the virtual machine as the "guest" OS. The operating system that VirtualBox runs on is the "host" OS. It creates a VM (virtual machine) that acts as a hypervisor and allows users to run other operating systems (OSs).

If the topic of virtualization interests you, check out some more of our posts on the subject.This is an open-source software for the virtualization of the x86 computing architecture. There are many other options available for virtualization, including the free UTM app which allows you to easily run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac for example, but there’s also paid solutions including VMWare and Parallels.
