testing your lovingly crafted web software in world wide web explorer is
so much more challenging than it should be. ie6,
Windows 7 32 Bit, ie7,
Office 2010 Download, and ie8 all have a healthy
industry share,
Office 2007 Standard, however it’s impossible to test all three versions on a single
windows os. there are some clever hacks and nifty software, but all are
flawed and few run well on windows vista or 7. the most reliable testing
method is to use three separate pcs.
few of us have the room or patience to maintain three pcs,
Microsoft Office 2010 Home And Business, so we
resort to virtual machine software such as vmware or virtualbox. vm software emulates a
pc (the guest) on your real pc (the host). assuming vm software is available
for your host operating system,
Office 2007 Pro, you can run any other os within a vm. in
most cases, a vm is just a file containing a hard disk image. therefore, vms
can be backed up, cloned, or moved far easier than a real pc.