Want To Run Windows On A Mac? Here Are 3 Ways!

A lot of new Mac users are always hesitant to jump in with both feet right away because they are sometimes not willing to part with their favorite Windows application just yet. Thankfully for them, there are ways of running the Windows operating system on a Mac environment using the following software.

Parallels Desktop 3.0 For Mac ($79.99)

From the Publisher:

The killer app for Mac is now even better than ever!

Run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. With Parallels’ award-winning virtualization technology, you can run Mac OS X and Windows at the same time. You can even drag-and-drop files between desktops!

Leading the way with our trademark innovation, Parallels Desktop 3.0 comes packed with 50+ new features and enhancements, including Snapshots, 3D graphics, and the new Parallels-only SmartSelect.

You can download the Trial Version here

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VMware Fusion 1.1.1 ($79.99)

From the Publisher:

VMware Fusion 1.1 has more than 25 enhancements including:

Support for Mac OS X Leopard
Use even more Windows 3D applications and games with experimental support for DirectX 9.0 accelerated 3D graphics (without “shaders”).
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Unity in VMware Fusion 1.1 makes Windows on the Mac even more seamless with:
- Support for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit editions
- Support for Windows XP 64-bit edition
- My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Control Panel, Run, and Search now appear in the Applications menu, Dock applications menu and Launch Applications window
- Option to show/hide the Windows taskbar and Start menu in the VMware Fusion View menu
- VMware Fusion “Launch Applications” window now only appears when you choose
- Improved performance when resizing and dragging Unity windows
Boot Camp integration even better with VMware Fusion 1.1:
- Use Microsoft Vista Boot Camp partitions in VMware Fusion virtual machines
- Automatically remount the Boot Camp partition after Boot Camp virtual machine is shut down
- Improved support for detecting and preparing Boot Camp partitions for use as virtual machines

You can download the Trial Version here

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Boot Camp

(included with MacOS Leopard)

Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide

From Apple:

Leopard is the world’s most advanced operating system. So advanced, it even lets you run Windows if there’s a PC application you need to use. Just get a copy of Windows and start up Boot Camp, now included with Leopard. Setup is simple and straightforward — just as you’d expect with a Mac.

Run Windows at native speed.

Boot Camp supports the most popular 32-bit releases of Windows XP and Windows Vista. When you use either operating system on your Mac, your Windows applications will run at native speed. Windows applications have full access to multiple processors and multiple cores, accelerated 3D graphics, and high-speed connections like USB, FireWire, Wi-Fi, and Gigabit Ethernet.

Drivers galore.

When you install Windows using Boot Camp, you won’t need to search the Internet for drivers or burn a disc. After you run Boot Camp, simply insert the Leopard DVD to install the necessary drivers. Everything you need to make your Mac work with Windows is right there. When you use a Windows application, you’ll have full access to unique Mac features (iSight, Apple Remote, trackpad, specific keyboard keys, keyboard backlighting) and connectivity (wired and wireless).

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These are the best options available, keep in mind that Boot Camp is the only one of the three applications that does not run both MacOS and Windows OS at the same time. When you start your Mac it will ask you which operating system you would like to use. I, personally use VMware Fusion the most, I find it to be the best option for my needs because I might use it to load a Windows program quickly to update certain things on it and then log out of it.

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