There were ways to use them on other OSes but it required some work or unofficial scripts to convert them. They were broken apart into multiple, large download files.They were designed to be run in Microsoft’s Virtual PC software making it hard for non-Windows developers to use them.Up until now, if you wanted to test different versions of IE natively you had to download VPC images that would allow you to run virtual machines for the different versions of IE. Introducing modern.IE – Testing sites for Internet Explorer made easier The New Way to get IE VMs If you haven’t heard about modern.IE, then definitely read up on it here:
Since then, the site has changed so it’s time to update this post to reflect not only the new UI of the site but the new method of downloading individual VMs. When Microsoft first launched modern.IE and revamped the way that IE VMs were offered, I wrote up a post that talked about how to install them.