There was an agent in my office whose Windows laptop crashed. Let’s face it the reason Windows users switch to a Mac is they are tired of the tedious pain in the rear that is the Windows experience, especially Windows 8/8.1. To say they are free of glitches would not be correct. Using either of the two works pretty well and there there is a third free option called VirtualBox. Sadly I couldn’t make a clean switch because the MLS only functioned in Internet Exploder – yes I meant to spell it that way. Probably the first thing an Apple employee will tell you if you intend to run Windows is to buy either Parallels or VMWare Fusion. The price tag is is currently $49.99 and there are less expensive upgrade options for current VMware users. Users have said in reviews that it is easy to set up and works reliably. The bottom line is that you never have to leave OS or Windows to access one or the others – they’re both right there inside of your beloved Mac! VMware Fusion also offers Unity mode wherein the Fusion window and Windows desktop spaces disappear, and opened Windows applications appear right there on your Mac desktop right alongside OS X apps. Copy and paste works between the operating systems as well, allowing you to fully use all of the features of Mac or Windows apps. Copy and paste and drag and dropįusion runs Windows OS in full screen mode, or in a separate window, and files can be dragged and dropped from your Windows desktop to the Mac Finder and from Mac to Windows. VMware Fusion operates on any 64-bit capable Intel Mac using OS X 10.7 or later, requiring a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and it does require a monstrous 750MB of disk space. We haven’t tested the software out, but according to their site, it launches Windows right inside a separate window on any Mac desktop. Enter VMWare Fusion 6 which allows you to use Windows without ever restarting. Read also: Microsoft releases video preview of Windows 8.1Īpple computers already come with Bootcamp which allows you to install Windows on a Mac, but you have to restart to use Windows and access the tools that are built only for Windows.
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