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About Virtual Machines

To run guest operating systems, Parallels Workstation creates a "virtual machine," or a virtual copy of a computer, inside your host computer. You can then install any supported "guest OS" in the virtual machine, just as you would install an operating system on a regular computer.

You can use multiple operating systems together at the same time on the host computer. And just like with a regular computer, you can turn virtual machines on and off, configure them, and install and use programs.