[matthewmacleod]

I guess the problem there is that you need different Windows versions too – and they're all pretty chunky! It definitely helps though, and AFAIK all virtualisation tools have support.

[SXX]

I believe that Windows 7 would be enough for anything except Edge. E.g you can install IE6 in XP compatability mode for sure.

Suppose there may be issues with crap like ActiveX, but most of people I know just worry about how page looks like and I don't believe rendering of IE11 on Win7 and Win8 would be different. Though I'm not expert.

[talmand]

Just curious, how do you install IE6 in Win7?

[bskap]

By using the "XP Mode" VM.

[talmand]

So, that is not installing IE6 in Win7. That's installing IE6 in WinXP that's running as a VM in Win7.