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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 722632" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Virtualization is a technology, whereby a software program like VMWare Fusion or Parallels creates a "virtual machine" in software. This virtual machine is like having a PC running in software on top of your existing host operating system. It's completely self-contained, so that it has its own virtual hard disk, memory and processor, completely abstracted from the host.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's exactly what both of these products do. The only caveat is that a virtual machine does not have direct access to your hardware (like your video card), so for things that require 3D acceleration (like games), virtualization is not the best way to go. </p><p></p><p>For more information, please see the guide I put together <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114239" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 722632, member: 24098"] Virtualization is a technology, whereby a software program like VMWare Fusion or Parallels creates a "virtual machine" in software. This virtual machine is like having a PC running in software on top of your existing host operating system. It's completely self-contained, so that it has its own virtual hard disk, memory and processor, completely abstracted from the host. That's exactly what both of these products do. The only caveat is that a virtual machine does not have direct access to your hardware (like your video card), so for things that require 3D acceleration (like games), virtualization is not the best way to go. For more information, please see the guide I put together [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114239"]here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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