Windows emulation on the Mac?
16/05/23 Filed in: virtualization
I am hoping you can advise me on what works best if I wanted to work on Windows based programs on my Mac. Would parallels work?
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There are two decent pieces of software for this. Parallels and VMWare Fusion. Keep in mind, you'll be investing in both their software and a license for Windows itself.
These were very popular several years ago but have been fading for a while so development of new features has probably slowed. They are good at what they do however. Each is fairly equal to the other with several windowed modes allowing you to hide the windows desktop completely and just use the program you want. You'll also be able to share file structure (albeit a little janky) between the two. You'll be able to drag files back and forth between the OSs as well. It's really witchcraft in a way.
I still see clients using this solution for dentistry, banking, medical field including X-ray analysis, etc…. But if all you want to do is run the Microsoft version or Office or the Microsoft version of Quickbooks, you may be better off just buying a dedicated windows machine for that purpose.
Lastly, keep in mind that you'll be asking your computer to run two operating systems at once. These days I don't point people to give much thought to how much ram they buy when purchasing a new computer, but if they mention either of these two programs, I tell them to increase it.
Both platforms support Apple silicon M chips.
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There are two decent pieces of software for this. Parallels and VMWare Fusion. Keep in mind, you'll be investing in both their software and a license for Windows itself.
These were very popular several years ago but have been fading for a while so development of new features has probably slowed. They are good at what they do however. Each is fairly equal to the other with several windowed modes allowing you to hide the windows desktop completely and just use the program you want. You'll also be able to share file structure (albeit a little janky) between the two. You'll be able to drag files back and forth between the OSs as well. It's really witchcraft in a way.
I still see clients using this solution for dentistry, banking, medical field including X-ray analysis, etc…. But if all you want to do is run the Microsoft version or Office or the Microsoft version of Quickbooks, you may be better off just buying a dedicated windows machine for that purpose.
Lastly, keep in mind that you'll be asking your computer to run two operating systems at once. These days I don't point people to give much thought to how much ram they buy when purchasing a new computer, but if they mention either of these two programs, I tell them to increase it.
Both platforms support Apple silicon M chips.
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