There are some programs that my professor is requiring us to use which don't work on Mac. I was thinking of installing Boot Camp. Is there a good how-to guide that anyone can recommend?

derekaw · 1 year

I recommend you look at one of the virtual machine apps. VMWare, Parallels or maybe the free VirtualBox.

McGrude · 1 year

Rather than boot camp I would download and install VirtualBox.

ltx · 1 year

Apple's own guide is fine, but I'd use a virtual machine like McGrude suggested if you're only going to use Windows for a few programs and nothing graphically intensive. This involves downloading a client (VirtualBox, Parallels, VMWare), putting in your Windows CD, creating a new virtual machine in the client, and telling it to boot the virtual machine from the physical CD.

You can also try running the applications in CrossOver Mac.

giveitago · 1 year

It really depends on the program what you want to install. If the program is graphic intensive like a game would be, maybe CAD or something similar I'd go with bootcamp, otherwise parallel's the fastest graphicwise. So having a virtual drive is much more convenient. Only problem is your computer runs hot but with parallels you can set up so windows is very well integrated. Message me if you want to know the ins and outs.

fattybob · 1 year

I am using parallels for my petrophysical log drawing app at work, and also MS outlook for work mail. The only issues I have are that I have to place my Outlook pst file in a windows drive (ie virtual drive) for outlook to work with it - you may find these issues on other apps too - my log drawing app works fine in parallels sharing data. I also have to assign 75% of my RAM (I only have 4GB) to windows, which makes my osx rather sluggish (i avoid running itunes), but it all still works :-) - i play music with Cog on the mac side (of course I use Spaces to have an OSX window, and a Win7 window).

Rick-Deckard · 1 year

I personally opted for parallels desktop, windows 7 works luke a charm and using their Crystal feature make everything easier since all PC programs looks like Mac apps.

jobsfan · 1 year

Definitely get something VMWare Fusion or Parallels which allows you to run Windows apps side-by-side with your Mac apps. It helps if you have 4 megs of RAM. You can usually buy an OEM version of Windows from a place that sells computer parts.

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