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Easy Way To Install And Run Windows On Mac

Mac and Windows are two different operating systems, known from their unique features. Majority of Mac users satisfied with their choice of OS X,because Mac OS X is very sweet operating system. However some time Mac lacks some premium feature which is highlights of traditional windows operating system.

Now it is possible to run both OS X and Windows from the same computer. You can install Windows on Mac! Good percentage of Mac users already tasting Windows essence, along with their sweet OS X. There are several ways that you can run Windows OS on Mac.

Here I listed Most Popular ways to Run Windows on Mac

Virtual Box.

Virtual Box is a virtualization software offering platform for Mac users to run Windows using virtual machines. The basic concept of this virtual box is Parallels and VMware Fusion. Virtual Box is completely free for non commercial use.

Download Virtual Box

Parallels Desktop: Parallels was first well known software offering virtualization for Mac. It creates a virtual pathway so that Windows can run within Mac OS with virtual machines.

Well Known features of Parallels Desktop:

Installation is very simple, first install parallels, and insert a Windows DVD (It supports Windows 7), thumb drive or ISO file and install with wizard.
This parallels desktop provides a neat interface between operating system, so that we can easily share files between two OS
It works just like other application which is currently installed, that means no restart is needed to use either operating system.

Note: Parallel type utilizes more memory, so before installing parallel make sure that your computer has adequate amount of RAM.

Download Parallels Desktop.

BootCamp

Generally Mac computers like iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, all come equipped with Apples Bootcamp software. It allows Mac users to run another operating system like windows vista, Windows 7, on a Mac. But partition is necessary to do this.

Boot camp works just like windows dual booting computer, and it directly install on Mac hard drive. So you can use only one operating system at a time. When bootcamp is launched it is very difficult to share files between Mac OS X and Windows. But it is now possible. (See Article: File sharing between Mac and Windows. Thanks Ross)

Apples Boot Camp

VMware Fusion: Vmware Fusion is virtualization software, imitates nature of Parallels. But fusion is different from Parallels in their Layout, and interface.Another great feature is you can bring entire PC to your Mac by using ultra-fast Migration Assistant feature of VMware Fusion.

These tools are great tools,very simple no doubt. But these tools also having some limitations,which lack some premium features compare to genuine installation.

Download VMware Fusion

Virtual Machine Tweaker For Windows-Control Your VMware Machines

VMWare or Virtual Machine Tweaker is a very useful application utility mainly designed for advanced users. It facilitates greater aspects of VMWare virtual machines; this utility allows manipulation of normally restricted part of a VM. It includes BIOS tweaks for the virtual machine, time and date sync between host and virtual machine, and various others.

The Utility requires a user to load the target .vmx file before the tweaks can be applied.

It offers different sets of tweaks, namely

A) Time Clock,

b) Sound Video,

c) Network

d) Bios Tweaks and Misc.

User can set the VGA memory for their virtual machine, up to a maximum of 256MB, and also user can change the properties of sound driver. Another feature is this tool allows loading of custom BIOS files, and also hardware compatibility switch (between ESX and Hosted options).