Firstly, what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine#List_of_virtual_machine_software
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines
And the virtual PC applications I have used, or rather, had closer experience of than the vast array of virtualisation software out there:
- VirtualBox
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox - Hyper-V
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V - VirtualPC
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualPC - BootCamp
http://www.apple.com/macosx/compatibility/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software) - Parallels
http://www.parallels.com/uk/products/desktop/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac - Parallels Workstation
http://www.parallels.com/uk/products/desktop/pd4wl/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Workstation - VMWare
http://www.vmware.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware
And finally, my personal opine on the subject:
- VirtualPC - Quite good, does what it says on the tin but hogs a lot of system resources. Will run non-Windows OS's, but probably is better running Windows. Discontinued, I understand, in deference to Hyper-V.
- Parallels - Not the same kind of virtual machine as VirtualPC, in that it's expressly designed to run Windows on a Mac, but it does this beautifully. It can startup Windows which has been installed into Parallels or BootCamp and run them side by side.
- BootCamp - Runs Windows on a Mac as a stand-alone OS, in that Mac OS X is not running at the same time. Allows the Mac to operate as a Windows PC and does it pretty much better than a regular PC can IMHO.
- VMWare - Basically just like VirtualPC, but many would have it as being more stable and not Microsoft.
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