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Moving From A Win Box to iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1807549" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>No, a VM runs in its own environment. I have Parallels to run Win7 for one application. So when I want that application, I start up Parallels Desktop, which is the launcher, then boot Windows within Parallels. I get a Windows desktop in a window under macOS, where I can do what I want. It looks and feels like a Windows system completely. When I shut down the VM, it goes through the full Windows shutdown, then the environment is closed and I'm back to the Parallels desktop, which I can then quit. While Win7 is running, I still have full access to the Mac and all that it does. When the cursor is in control of Windows, it looks like a Windows icon, but changes back to the Mac version when it's working for the Mac OS.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I should add that in a Bootcamp solution you chose which OS to boot at boot time, so the entire system is one or the other. But there is some overhead to the VM approach as the hardware is being simulated by software whereas in the Bootcamp solution hardware is hardware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1807549, member: 396914"] No, a VM runs in its own environment. I have Parallels to run Win7 for one application. So when I want that application, I start up Parallels Desktop, which is the launcher, then boot Windows within Parallels. I get a Windows desktop in a window under macOS, where I can do what I want. It looks and feels like a Windows system completely. When I shut down the VM, it goes through the full Windows shutdown, then the environment is closed and I'm back to the Parallels desktop, which I can then quit. While Win7 is running, I still have full access to the Mac and all that it does. When the cursor is in control of Windows, it looks like a Windows icon, but changes back to the Mac version when it's working for the Mac OS. EDIT: I should add that in a Bootcamp solution you chose which OS to boot at boot time, so the entire system is one or the other. But there is some overhead to the VM approach as the hardware is being simulated by software whereas in the Bootcamp solution hardware is hardware. [/QUOTE]
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