I would use Bootcamp because 1.) It is FREE! 2.) It has a more stable platform than VMWare or Parallels that doesnt crash often if at all. Keep in mind as they both are running windows and they both have access to all your files. A Mac running Boot Camp is actually running as a true Windows PC, able to access all the system resources Windows demands without an emulator slowing. No software Windows emulator will ever run as fast or perform as trouble-free as Boot Camp. A emulator is just as vulnerable and will have the same effects. Here are two major reasons to choose Boot Camp over a Windows emulator: Performance: One word: speed.
And if your computer gets sick, all of your Mac OS X files are corrupted aswell. Bootcamp works great.īootcamp does have access to all of your system files so if you do use it be careful when using the internet because Windows is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Of course, there are ways to eliminate that cost by using Boot Camp or VirtualBox, both of which. Choose the Windows ISO file you’ve obtained earlier. Read the introduction and click Continue to proceed. Windows 11 will be accessible on Macs, even without Boot Camp. Using a Windows emulator like VMWare or Parallels is a mess. But why would you even want install Windows on a Mac. To run Windows on a Mac via Boot Camp: Go to Applications > Utilities and launch Boot Camp Assistant. THIS emulator tool will help run official version of OS. I had to do that every few minutes in VMWare.
I have had it on the iMac for two and a half years ond on the MacBook Pro for a few months and have never had ONE hardware or sofware fail. A number of excellent Mac applications let you run Windows within what’s called a virtual machine.
It just STINKS! It would always crash on my Macbook Pro and on my 2009 iMac.īoot camp has been living on both my macs ever since then and it works wonders. Boot Camp, the free utility that comes with your Lion on your MacBook, is not your only option for running Windows. I have 15'' 2011 MacBook Pro that USED to run VMWare.