Sorry. VM=Virtual Machine, like Parallels, VMWare or VirtualBox, which let you load another operating system as a guest OS and run it on top of your host OS. The nice thing about a VM is that you can configure it how you like, save a snapshot, and then revert to that snapshot when you're ready to shut down.
@briankrebs if you have not seen @howardnoakley's impressive collection of free software you may not know that he offers several excellent options for #virtualization on #appleSilicon.
we're talking elegant, powerful software that hooks into core frameworks most people ignore entirely (containers, xhyve/bhyve that sort of thing). you gotta check these out imo. i use them for handling malicious code and for agents to use contained desktop environments. #infosec #bestof