Do you want Oracle VirtualBox 4.1? Do you have five minutes? If you said, 'Yes' to both questions, then this tutorial is for you.

Oracle's Virtualbox is one of the most popular ways to create virtual machines, so here's how to take your first steps.

How to Install Windows 8 on VirtualBox Note: This guide is written for Windows 8 Developer Preview and installed on a Dell Studio 1555 Laptop running Windows 7 64-bit version using VirtualBox 4.1. ...

How to Install VirtualBox If you don’t have a lot of experience installing Linux systems, stop here and either pay for a subscription to Parallels Desktop or install the free VMware Fusion Pro app.

VirtualBox will recommend a minimum amount, based on the OS you said you were installing, but your common sense will pay off here.

To begin with, it's definitely not easy to install SteamOS in VirtualBox. Valve clearly didn't intend for you to do this; you can't just mount an ISO and install it, like a normal Linux distro.

Option Two: Install the Windows Technical Preview in VirtualBox If you don't have a spare machine to try out the Technical Preview, we recommend installing it in VirtualBox.

1. Install VirtualBox VirtualBox runs on Windows machines, Macs, and Linux machines, so you’ll be able to install Windows 10 in just about any platform. Get it from here, download it, and ...

How to Install VirtualBox If you don’t have a lot of experience installing Linux systems, stop here and either pay for a subscription to Parallels Desktop or install the free VMware Fusion Pro app.