Virtual Systems

[WanderingAries]

I figured this would be safe here as "PC" stands for "Personal Computer", not (just) "Windows Computer"

Why not have a place here where we can talk about Virtual Systems now that they've become more common, right?

 

Here's what I've got going: (Most to least used)

Host 1:

Spoiler

 

 

VM System Used:

• Parallels v16 Standard

VMs in Service:

• MacOS
  • 11.x Big Sur
    • 11.2
    • 11.1
    • 11.0.1
    • 11.0 (Release Edition)
  • 10.x
    • 10.15.7 Catalina
    • 10.14.6 Mojave
    • 10.13.6 High Sierra
    • 10.12.6 Sierra
    • 10.11.6 El Capitan
    • 10.10.5 Yosemite
    • 10.9.5 Mavericks
    • 10.8.5 Mountain Lion
    • 10.7.5 Lion
• Windows
  • 10
    • Live (Actively used)
    • 20H2 (October 2020)
    • 2004 (May 2020)
    • 1909 (November 2019)
    • 1903 (May 2019)
    • 1809 (October 2018)
    • 1803 (April 2018)
    • 1709 (Fall Creator's Update)
    • 1703 (Creator's Update)
    • 1607 (Anniversary Update)
    • 1511 (November Update)
    • 1507 (Release Edition)
  • 8.1
  • 8
  • 7
  • Vista

 

This machine gets a lot of usage for work (mostly screen shots and function testing) even though it's only a side task of my main workflow. It has Greatly improved the quality of what I create as trying to grab things from the internet becomes awful due to people posting poor resolution images or marking them all up, causing me to previously have to edit the images heavily.

 

Host 2:

Spoiler

 

VM System Used:

• Parallels v16 Beta

VMs in Service:

• Windows
  • 10
    • ARM Beta
      • v21301 (Master copy for cloning)
      • v21301 (Testing copy)

 

Similar to Host 1, this one is gaining traction for work, but mostly because of the M1 hardware and testing. I'm hoping that Parallels breaks the seal on how to actually create the new Mac booting system virtually because it's preventing me from doing the level of testing I want to do in MacOS. As of right now, you can't install even Big Sur in the VM because of that limitation (you get a platform compatibility error).

Host 3:

Spoiler

 

VM System Used:

• Virtual PC 7(?)

VMs in Service:

• XP Mode (SP3) within Win7

 

This was Supposed  to be a triple boot (Win7, MacOS, Linux), but the more I played with that, the more things "broke", so I stuck with the isolated dual boot setup (Win7/Win10 isolated within the custom BIOS configs the MB allows for). 

 

As you can expect, I have a knack for pushing each platform, but at the same time, I'm learning more about the world of VMs as I go.