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<blockquote data-quote="Ember1205" data-source="post: 1709766" data-attributes="member: 374272"><p>Personally, I like VirtualBox (specifically). It's very easy to spin up instances of all kinds of machine types, including Linux, and run everything side-by-side with each other. Being able to copy a link from MacOS and paste it into a browser in the Windows virtual machine is sometimes convenient and useful. Plus, I like that I can export the entire VM, copy it over to another system entirely, and import it over there. You can also very easily make snapshot backups of the virtual machine so that you can quickly and easily roll back to a specific point in time without having to rely on Windows to do it correctly.</p><p></p><p>You need to run Anti Virus on Windows, regardless of where it runs, because, well, it's Windows. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Like Lisa stated - since "almost all" viruses are written for Windows, there's extremely little chance of a Windows-based virus infecting your Mac regardless of whether you're running the Windows instance as a VM or via Boot Camp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ember1205, post: 1709766, member: 374272"] Personally, I like VirtualBox (specifically). It's very easy to spin up instances of all kinds of machine types, including Linux, and run everything side-by-side with each other. Being able to copy a link from MacOS and paste it into a browser in the Windows virtual machine is sometimes convenient and useful. Plus, I like that I can export the entire VM, copy it over to another system entirely, and import it over there. You can also very easily make snapshot backups of the virtual machine so that you can quickly and easily roll back to a specific point in time without having to rely on Windows to do it correctly. You need to run Anti Virus on Windows, regardless of where it runs, because, well, it's Windows. :) Like Lisa stated - since "almost all" viruses are written for Windows, there's extremely little chance of a Windows-based virus infecting your Mac regardless of whether you're running the Windows instance as a VM or via Boot Camp. [/QUOTE]
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