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“Any software installed in Windows Sandbox stays only in the sandbox and cannot affect your host. “At Microsoft we regularly encounter these situations, so we developed Windows Sandbox: an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC,” Microsoft explains in the official announcement. It uses hardware-based virtualization for kernel isolation and boasts integrated kernel scheduler, smart memory management, and virtual GPU.

Windows Sandbox creates a brand-new installation of Windows every time it launches and automatically removes all changes when closing it. Microsoft explains that Sandbox can be enabled in Windows 10 build 18305 which will be released this week, but it could also work on the existing preview builds. The feature will be part of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise when the 19H1 update ships in the spring of 2019, and it is currently available for insiders. Mostly a lightweight virtual machine, Windows Sandbox is integrated into Windows 10, so no additional virtual machine software is required. So with VirtualBox you get the best of both worlds - it's free, and it allows you to run both Windows and macOS simultaneously so you can switch between them as required without having to reboot.Microsoft has just unveiled Windows Sandbox, a new feature that allows users to run applications on their desktops in isolation without any change made to the PC. And while Bootcamp is also a free option, it doesn't let you run macOS and Windows simultaneously (you have to reboot the machine every time you want to switch to the other operating system). While there are other options available (such as Parallels and VMware Fusion), VirtualBox is free. To run Windows on a Mac, you need to use virtualization software such as VirtualBox. Here are the main steps involved in installing Windows on a Mac: This enables you to run Windows-only applications on your Mac. By using VirtualBox, you can install Windows on your Mac. VirtualBox is free software that allows you to install different operating systems on your machine. Here I explain how to install Windows on a Mac using the (free) virtualization software, VirtualBox.