Bootcamp gives you the 'real deal' Windows running at the full speed of your computer. You run one OS or the other, not both at the same time. Bootcamp divides your hard drive into 2 partitions, one with the Apple OS X and the other with Windows XP, Vista, or Win 7. The third method is Apple's free Bootcamp software that comes with OS X. Two software programs, Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion, are emulators or virtual machines, which means that they run Windows in a window while you're booted in Apple OS X.īoth operating systems can run at the same time and you can switch between OS X and Windows with a quick keyboard shortcut.
With Intel-based Macs, you now have some practical ways to run both Apple OS X and Windows operating systems on one computer.
This article helps you choose Parallels, VM Fusion, or Bootcamp to run Windows on your Mac, and gives some details to make things work smoothly. Are you thinking about running Windows on a Mac? Here's what you need to know to run Windows on an Intel-based Macintosh.
