Windows on Mac

Since Apple went to the Intel chip, they are now running on the same hardware as PCs. Thus, running Windows on a Mac is no different than running Windows on a PC.

There are two ways in which to run Windows on a Intel-based MAC:
Boot Camp or Parallels

1) Apple's Boot Camp allows you to run either the MAC OS or Windows on a MAC Intel computer. Boot Camp lets you decide which OS you want to boot into. All you need to do is hold down the "ALT" key upon startup, then choose either MAC or Windows on the screen. In Windows you can click on the Boot Camp icon in the task bar and set the computer to automatically boot in one OS or the other. Using this manager you can also immediately restart the computer in the MAC OS.

2) Parallels uses a virtualization feature of the Intel chip that allows you to run two operating systems at the same time. With parallels you boot into the Mac OS, then click on the Parallels icon in the dock (or in the Applications folder) to initiate a virtual machine. After choosing the Windows operating system icon a new window opens up and inside your Windows OS will boot up.

When using Boot Camp or Parallels it is necessary to partition the computer's harddrive and install a Windows operating system and Windows software on the computer.