Running Windows on a Mac: Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop & VMware Fusion

This sticky last updated on November 04, 2009 by Budding



By Sammy L.







The announcement of Apple's transition to Intel processors back in June of 2005 has allowed Macs to run Windows natively. Apple announced Boot Camp Beta on April 5, 2006, and the final version is found in Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), released on October 26th, 2007. Meanwhile, two third-party developers have also released applications that allow Mac users to run Windows virtually. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and this thread will detail what each method is, their advantages/disadvantages, why one should choose one over another and little notes of interest.



Boot Camp



Apple's Boot Camp allows an Intel Mac user to run Windows like any other PC. It was available as a free beta download on Apple's website, and the final version of Boot Camp is featured in Mac OS X Leopard, released on October 26th, 2007. With Boot Camp, a user chooses which operating system to boot upon start-up. If the user boots into Windows, Mac OS X is not in operation, thus not consuming any system resources, and vice versa. To run the other operating system (not currently in use), the user has to restart the computer.

To use Boot Camp with Mac OS X 10.5 you need the following:



System Requirements for Boot Camp 2.1

• An Intel-based Mac
  
  
  
• A Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installation disc. This can be either a Mac OS X Leopard disc included with a purchased copy of Leopard, or a Mac OS X Install Disc 1 from a Mac that had Leopard preinstalled
  
  
  
• A USB keyboard and mouse, or a built-in keyboard and trackpad
  
  
  
• At least 10 GB of free space on the disk you’re installing on (for Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications)
  
  
  
• 2 GB or more of memory (RAM) if using Windows Vista on a Mac Pro computer
  
  
  
• Boot Camp Assistant, which is installed by Leopard in (/Applications/Utilities/).
  
  
  
• An authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 2 (or later) disc or
  
  
  
• An authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate disc or
  
  
  
• An authentic, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate disc if you are using an early 2008 or later Macbook Pro or Mac Pro (more info know via PM!

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