Day 1 Cycle 3

Today In IST we started to learn  about VMware. VMware is software used to create virtual computers. Virtual computer run off of a host machine and do not use there own hardware but use some of the host's resources such as RAM, power from the CPU and hard drive space. Virtual machines are very convenient because they boot up quick and can run as fast as your normal pc if you let it use most of the resources it needs. Today I had a good day we got a lot done in class and tomorrow we will start to install different OS's on virtual machines. Also I want to learn more about how this software is coded and made.

Day 2 Cycle 3

Today in IST we started working with virtual machines. The software we use to create virtual machines in VMware. There are other companies that make virtual machine software but VMware is free and good. I also learned today how virtual machines are good for security and portability reasons. They are good for security because if the virtual machine gets infected the host won't and you can just delete the virtual machine. Also you can put virtual machines on a flash drive and bring them any where. I want to learn more about Mac based virtual machines. we started installing Mac OS X onto a virtual machine today but we didn't really get in depth with it. Today I was productive and I followed along in class and did everything I was suppose to.