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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1924547" data-attributes="member: 396914">Well, trying to get Windows to run and share a computer with macOS or OSX is a challenge, but more because of the way Windows just assumes that IT is the only operating system, ever. So, to get it to play nice with the Mac, you have to get it to stay in the &quot;box,&quot; which is what makes it so difficult. I give kudos to Apple for even trying it. I never used BootCamp. I did use Parallels for a bit because I had one application my wife needed for her business that used a printer that didn't have drivers for Macs (It was a specialty printer for label making). I would print her labels for her on that instance of Windows. I didn't see any need to try BC because I didn't need to give up the space on the drive for Windows. She eventually gave the business to our daughter, the printer was &quot;retired&quot; (can you say, sledgehammered?), and our daughter changed the labels process so that now she can use her Mac for her printing. No need for Windows any more!There are some folks on here who have used BC successfully, so maybe one of them will come along and get you going. As for the &quot;challenge,&quot; I sometimes lose sight of the real goal when I start wrestling with the tools to get there. Just wanted to make sure you didn't get so bogged down with the &quot;tools&quot; that you lost focus on the end goal--running Win7 for what you need.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1924547, member: 396914"] Well, trying to get Windows to run and share a computer with macOS or OSX is a challenge, but more because of the way Windows just assumes that IT is the only operating system, ever. So, to get it to play nice with the Mac, you have to get it to stay in the "box," which is what makes it so difficult. I give kudos to Apple for even trying it. I never used BootCamp. I did use Parallels for a bit because I had one application my wife needed for her business that used a printer that didn't have drivers for Macs (It was a specialty printer for label making). I would print her labels for her on that instance of Windows. I didn't see any need to try BC because I didn't need to give up the space on the drive for Windows. She eventually gave the business to our daughter, the printer was "retired" (can you say, sledgehammered?), and our daughter changed the labels process so that now she can use her Mac for her printing. No need for Windows any more! There are some folks on here who have used BC successfully, so maybe one of them will come along and get you going. As for the "challenge," I sometimes lose sight of the real goal when I start wrestling with the tools to get there. Just wanted to make sure you didn't get so bogged down with the "tools" that you lost focus on the end goal--running Win7 for what you need. [/QUOTE]

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