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What is a Virtual Computer? What are the benefits?

A virtual machine is a computer file that acts like a real computer. VirtualBox etc. With programs, we can create many virtual machines inside our physical computers. We can install distributions of Mac, Linux operating systems on the Windows operating system. We can also do this by installing Windows in the Linux operating system.

So, what do virtual machines do for us and why do we choose them? Here are some of its advantages:

There is no difference in functioning between physical and virtual computers. The biggest difference is that we need a table, space, work environment for the physical computers you use now. Thanks to the virtual machine, we can create multiple computers without the need for them.

For example, you have a computer with a Windows operating system. After this article, you wondered about these operating systems and you would like to switch to a Linux operating system distribution, but you could not decide which distribution to switch to; You're stuck between Linux Mint and Linux Ubuntu. In this case, you can try both systems in the virtual machine to find out which one is most suitable for you.

Of course, you can install not only different operating systems but the same operating system on your physical computer. For example, if you are afraid of your computer crashing as a result of any trial or you think a file you will download may be infected. In this case, if you cannot take any risks, you can try it on your virtual computer.

The power of your virtual machine determines the power of your physical machine. A virtual machine allows you to use your virtual machine by virtualizing the physical machine's features such as CPU, memory, and network unit. In other words, the stronger and faster your physical machine will be, the faster and stronger the virtual machine will be.

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