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I will be getting a Macbook Pro very soon for college.
While certain majors at my college require Macbooks, my particular major does not require them at this time. But, I've decided I would like a Macbook anyways because I've heard so many good things about them.
Anyways, I started thinking about "Well what happens if we end up having to get certain programs that are for Windows, not Mac?".
But, then I remembered hearing about how you can still run Windows on a Mac.
So, I came to this section and started reading on it a little bit, mostly on this thread: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/running-windows-anything-else-your-mac/114239-running-windows-mac-switchers-guide.html . But I still have several questions...
1) Do you actually have to still buy Windows to run Windows programs on a Mac?
2) How much do these sorts of apps/programs cost, such as BootCamp?
3) Are they easy to use?
4) Do the "visualization" products actually run Windows programs too, or is it merely just to look like Windows but not actually run Windows programs?
I had a few more questions but just forgot them.
But yeah, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Macs, so please excuse me if these are dumb questions. I just want to make sure that if I am required to run Windows programs, I still can do that on a Mac. Otherwise, it'd probably just make more sense for me to get an actual Windows laptop.
I don't really think I have much of an interest in using Windows too often, unless I need to in order to access certain programs that I may need for college.
Thanks!
While certain majors at my college require Macbooks, my particular major does not require them at this time. But, I've decided I would like a Macbook anyways because I've heard so many good things about them.
Anyways, I started thinking about "Well what happens if we end up having to get certain programs that are for Windows, not Mac?".
But, then I remembered hearing about how you can still run Windows on a Mac.
So, I came to this section and started reading on it a little bit, mostly on this thread: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/running-windows-anything-else-your-mac/114239-running-windows-mac-switchers-guide.html . But I still have several questions...
1) Do you actually have to still buy Windows to run Windows programs on a Mac?
2) How much do these sorts of apps/programs cost, such as BootCamp?
3) Are they easy to use?
4) Do the "visualization" products actually run Windows programs too, or is it merely just to look like Windows but not actually run Windows programs?
I had a few more questions but just forgot them.
But yeah, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to Macs, so please excuse me if these are dumb questions. I just want to make sure that if I am required to run Windows programs, I still can do that on a Mac. Otherwise, it'd probably just make more sense for me to get an actual Windows laptop.
I don't really think I have much of an interest in using Windows too often, unless I need to in order to access certain programs that I may need for college.
Thanks!