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<blockquote data-quote="Moss" data-source="post: 1198534" data-attributes="member: 193069"><p>You can use either <a href="http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/" target="_blank">Parallels</a> or <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/" target="_blank">VMware</a> Fusion to run a virtual machine on your Mac. With either of these two programs you can run Windows. You can also run Windows specific applications, without having to run the entire Windows OS. As for more information on how the products work exactly, I recommend browsing information offered on their respective websites. You shouldn't have a problem running Windows on your Mac as long as you have an Intel based machine with about 2 GB of RAM. The more RAM the better, but 2 GB works for me!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/" target="_blank">Bootcamp</a> is also an option, but the main difference between Parallels and Fusion is that Bootcamp installs Windows into a partition on your hard drive, and in order to use Windows via Bootcamp you must restart your machine every time.</p><p></p><p>If you need anti-virus software for Windows, you have many options. For Mac, I recommend <a href="http://www.clamxav.com/" target="_blank">ClamXAV</a>.</p><p></p><p>I would use Bootcamp, as it will essentially turn your Mac into both an OSX machine and a Windows machine. Parallels and Fusion will just make your Mac run Windows within OSX. If anyone else can help to answer, please do! This stuff is just off the top of my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moss, post: 1198534, member: 193069"] You can use either [URL="http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/"]Parallels[/URL] or [URL="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/"]VMware[/URL] Fusion to run a virtual machine on your Mac. With either of these two programs you can run Windows. You can also run Windows specific applications, without having to run the entire Windows OS. As for more information on how the products work exactly, I recommend browsing information offered on their respective websites. You shouldn't have a problem running Windows on your Mac as long as you have an Intel based machine with about 2 GB of RAM. The more RAM the better, but 2 GB works for me! [URL="http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/"]Bootcamp[/URL] is also an option, but the main difference between Parallels and Fusion is that Bootcamp installs Windows into a partition on your hard drive, and in order to use Windows via Bootcamp you must restart your machine every time. If you need anti-virus software for Windows, you have many options. For Mac, I recommend [URL="http://www.clamxav.com/"]ClamXAV[/URL]. I would use Bootcamp, as it will essentially turn your Mac into both an OSX machine and a Windows machine. Parallels and Fusion will just make your Mac run Windows within OSX. If anyone else can help to answer, please do! This stuff is just off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]
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