pritcharddesign
2 years ago
Experience using a virtual environment to run Windows on Mac? Parallel Desktop? The idea of doing this always made me nervous, but I want to learn software only available for Windows.
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>Andexgiving<
2 years ago
Don't know anything about that but
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beken
2 years ago
I used Oracle’s Vitrualbox on my intel based iMac. I have not got it working on my M1 Mac Studio yet. UTM is working with very limited success on my M1 Mac Studio. Virtual box works on my Windows10 computer.
pritcharddesign
2 years ago
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pritcharddesign
2 years ago
beken: And Virtualbox works ok? I worry about it messing with my computer. I should read how birtual spaces work.
Parallels was probably the easiest set-up to run Windows on my older Macs. After around 2015 or so, Boot Camp was just as easy to set up, so it depends on the age of your Mac. On M1 Macs, Boot Camp isn't installed, so you have to use Parallels. With Parallels, I recommend the additional program they have that makes it easy to add or remove memory...
otherwise it can be a pain.

There are other methods of running windows, but these are the only ones I've tried.
pritcharddesign
2 years ago
I have the latest Mac. Thanks for the info.
mimi
2 years ago @Edit 2 years ago
I’m no help but hope you can get it sorted.
Swamp Daddy
2 years ago
Parallels was easy to set up and use. It was very slow my very old MacBook. It seemed like it would have been better off I had a newer machine.
pritcharddesign
2 years ago
Swamp_Daddy: thanks!
beken
2 years ago
I don't think virtualbox works for the latest M1 or M2 macs. I wasn't able to get it to work about 5 months ago. Haven't tried since. Parallels seems to be the recommended method. But I haven't had a need to do it.
Swamp Daddy
2 years ago
Indikon
2 years ago
I used Parallels when I first had a Mac, in 2010, and it worked fine, but I haven’t had any need to run Windows software for years, so I don’t know the current situation.
pritcharddesign
2 years ago
Maybe I'll give it a shot.
SteveBob
2 years ago
I used Parallels until I bought an actual PC.
pritcharddesign
2 years ago
stevebob: I won't be doing that unless this probes to be very lucrative.
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