Installing Windows on MAC with Virtualization Software

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 INSTALLING WINDOWS ON MAC WITH VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE.

In this article, i am going to show you how to install Windows on Mac using virtualization software. Having windows on Mac is indeed an awesome experience. Virtualization software allow you to install windows and any other operating system on your Mac.

Some virtualization software can only be used on intel-based Mac and other can also take PPC Mac. Some are free whiles others are not and we will look at all these so feel free to read on.

It’s easier than you might think to run windows on your Mac. You only need virtualization software also called virtual machine software.

The three leading virtualization software are Parallel Desktop, VMware Fusion and Virtual Box. The first two are not available as a free software and therefore, you need to buy them from their websites.

PARALLEL DESKTOP

With Parallel Desktop, you can seamlessly run both windows and Mac OS X application side-by-side with speed, control and confidence.

It is simple the world’s bestselling, top-rated and most trusted software for running windows on Mac.

Parallel Desktop is not available as a free or open source software therefore you have to buy is from their website but the updater is for free and you can click here to download it.

The prize of the software as at now is $ 79.99.

Requirement.

If you want to install windows on Mac using Parallel Desktop, then you must have the following.

1) Intel-based Mac

2) 64- bit processor

3) Mac OS X v10.5 or later

VMWARE FUSION.

VMware Fusion is a great software to install windows on Mac. It is just like the Parallel Desktop but people are saying the Parallel Desktop is better than the VMware Fusion.

VMware Fusion is not for free also. The current prize of the software is $ 49.50. I think this is cheaper as compared to the Parallel Desktop.

Requirement.

1) Intel-based Mac

2) 64- bit processor

3) Mac OS X v10.6 or later

4) A copy of Windows.

VIRTUAL BOX.

Virtual Box is a free software for installing windows on Mac. Virtual is a powerful x86 virtualization program.

Rich and high performance for the intel-based Mac.

You can visit www.macupdate.com to download Virtual Box for free.

Requirement.

Intel-based Mac

Mac OS X v 10.4 or later.

There are other virtualization software such as Q emulator, Bochs among other.

These software are all available as a free and open source software.