The BEST Virtual Machines and PC Emulators

You're looking to run old software or build a retro PC for gaming and entertainment. In this video, I walk through the main virtual machines and emulators, discuss their strengths and weaknesses, touch on mobile emulation, and share my conclusions. I also give a brief history of emulation and explain how to build a new old PC with 86Box. The video covers VMware, VirtualBox, DOSBox/DOSBox‑X, QEMU, Virtual PC, Hyper‑V, and mobile emulators. I conclude with my personal thoughts and acknowledgements. Timecodes: 0:00 Intro 0:05 General introduction 0:53 What’s going to be in this video 1:24 What is emulation? How did it come to be? 2:32 Fun fact 2:54 What are virtual machines? 4:56 VMware 8:30 VirtualBox 11:38 World of DOS apps: DOSBox/DOSBox‑X 12:53 QEMU 14:41 Build yourself a new old PC: 86Box 16:40 Connectix/Microsoft solutions: Virtual PC 17:49 Hyper‑V 19:26 Mobile Emulators 20:53 Conclusions and results of the survey 21:26 “I have something to say…" 22:24 Acknowledgements, end