added direct installer links, re-worked Toolbox intro pages

updated Toolbox install intros

Signed-off-by: Victoria Bialas <victoria.bialas@docker.com>
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* Oracle VirtualBox
## Get Docker Toolbox
1. Get the latest installers from the [Toolbox releases
page](https://github.com/docker/toolbox/releases/):
## Ready to get started?
* For Mac, download and run the "Latest release" `.pkg` installer (`DockerToolbox-<version>.pkg`)
1. Get the latest Toolbox installer for your platform:
* For Windows, download and run the "Latest release" `.exe` installer (`DockerToolbox-<version>.exe`)
<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial; text-align: center">
Toolbox for Mac</th>
<th style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial; text-align: center">
Toolbox for Windows</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="50%">
<a class="button darkblue-btn" href="https://download.docker.com/mac/stable/DockerToolbox.pkg">Get Docker Toolbox for Mac</a>
</td>
<td width="50%">
<a class="button darkblue-btn" href="https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe">Get Docker Toolbox for Windows</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
2. Choose the install instructions for your platform, and follow the steps:

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title: Install Docker Toolbox on macOS
---
macOS users use Docker Toolbox to install Docker software. Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools:
Docker Toolbox provides a way to use Docker on older Macs
that do not meet
minimal system requirements for [Docker for Mac](/docker-for-mac/index.md).
If you have not done so already, download the installer here:
<a class="button darkblue-btn" href="https://download.docker.com/mac/stable/DockerToolbox.pkg">Get Docker Toolbox for Mac</a>
## What you get and how it works
Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools:
* Docker CLI client for running Docker Engine to create images and containers
* Docker Machine so you can run Docker Engine commands from macOS terminals
@ -14,10 +24,18 @@ macOS users use Docker Toolbox to install Docker software. Docker Toolbox includ
* the Docker QuickStart shell preconfigured for a Docker command-line environment
* Oracle VM VirtualBox
Because the Docker Engine daemon uses Linux-specific kernel features, you can't
run Docker Engine natively in macOS. Instead, you must use the Docker Machine
command, `docker-machine`, to create and attach to a small Linux VM on your
machine. This VM hosts Docker Engine for you on your Mac.
Because the Docker Engine daemon uses Linux-specific
kernel features, you can't run Docker Engine natively on
macOS with Docker Toolbox. Instead, you must use the
Docker Machine command, `docker-machine`, to create and
attach to a small Linux VM on your machine. This VM hosts
Docker Engine for you on your Mac.
>**Tip:** One of the advantages of the newer
[Docker for Mac](/docker-for-mac/index.md) solution is that
it uses native virtualization and does not require
VirtualBox to run Docker.
## Step 1: Check your version

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title: Install Docker Toolbox on Windows
---
Windows users use Docker Toolbox to install Docker software. Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools:
Docker Toolbox provides a way to use Docker on older
Windows systems that do not
meet minimal system requirements for the [Docker for
Windows](/docker-for-windows/index.md) app.
If you have not done so already, download the installer here:
<a class="button darkblue-btn" href="https://download.docker.com/win/stable/DockerToolbox.exe">Get Docker Toolbox for Windows</a>
## What you get and how it works
Docker Toolbox includes the following Docker tools:
* Docker CLI client for running Docker Engine to create images and containers
* Docker Machine so you can run Docker Engine commands from Windows terminals
@ -14,10 +25,18 @@ Windows users use Docker Toolbox to install Docker software. Docker Toolbox incl
* the Docker QuickStart shell preconfigured for a Docker command-line environment
* Oracle VM VirtualBox
Because the Docker Engine daemon uses Linux-specific kernel features, you can't
run Docker Engine natively in Windows. Instead, you must use the Docker Machine
command, `docker-machine`, to create and attach to a small Linux VM on your
machine. This VM hosts Docker Engine for you on your Windows system.
Because the Docker Engine daemon uses Linux-specific
kernel features, you can't run Docker Engine natively
on Windows. Instead, you must use the Docker Machine
command, `docker-machine`, to create and attach to a
small Linux VM on your machine. This VM hosts Docker Engine
for you on your Windows system.
>**Tip:** One of the advantages of the newer
[Docker for
Windows](/docker-for-windows/index.md) solution is that
it uses native virtualization and does not require
VirtualBox to run Docker.
## Step 1: Check your version