Virtual Operating System (OS) is a concept of having more than one Operating System on your single PC. If you want to install Windows as well as Linux on your PC, then go for the virtual OS where you can switch between the two OS on a single PC. This is very much essential for the developers to test the application on different OS by using a single PC.

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List of Software to create Virtual Operating System on Windows

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

This is a product from Microsoft and it is free to download as well. Here you can switch between different Windows (included 2003 Server, XP, Vista editions, XP tablet PC etc)

Parallels Workstation

315px-Parallels_Logo.svg This is a paid application where you can switch between windows as well as Linux operating system.

Vmware

vmware-logo This is a platform where you will get everything on Virtual machine. Whether you need a virtual Datacenter, virtual server or desktop, you will get here.

VirtualBox

logo_virtualbox It is an X86 virtualization package which is now maintained by Sun Microsystems as part of Sun xVM platform.

 

 

Virtual Win

This is also a freely distributed program where you can install all 9 different operating system from windows and start switching between them.

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Sanjeev Mishra is a professional blogger and an Internet Marketing Consultant based in India. He has built the Internet Techies to provide you updates in technology and web application area.

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