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Old December 31st, 2007, 02:22 PM
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Yes It will create a full computing environment (like having another PC)
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Testing software is the exact purpose of virtual machines.

Being a freeware, VirtualBox is an excellent VMware alternative. Both support dual processors, and (if I am not mistaken) VB has a feature similar to VMware's "snapshots". VirtualBox can also play VMware images (machines).

I am not using VB at the moment, for the one sole reason - I have uninstalled VB twice, and every time it leaves behind a "hidden device" driver installed. I had to uninstall that manually both times. Haven't tried the latest version of VB, so that could be polished by now.

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