Saturday, 24 January 2009

Windows on a Mac

I am having to access Microsoft CRM over the Internet which also requires Internet Explorer. I do not own a PC but my Mac can now run Windows as well as OSX

It is easy. You can either set up a partition on your Mac's hard disk and use Apple's built-in Bootcamp or use Virtual Machine software.

Bootcamp is OK but it means every time you want to run Windows you have to quit the Max OS and boot up in Windows.

The Virtual Machine option means that Windows can simply run in a window under Mac OSX ... with complete drag and drop integration. I used VM Fusion and Windows Vista. It took a while to install but everything seems to work fine. There is some hit on performance but it is really acceptable.

Still prefer my Mac though.

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