You will now have imported Boot Camp to your Control Center. If you have enough disk on your Mac, you are in luck. Select the location to put the resulting virtual machine. To import Boot Camp use either the Parallels Desktop application menu or the context menu in Control Center. If you have to work in Windows or the Mac exclusively at any one time, Boot Camp might be a better solution, but, if you need to work in both OSs simultaneously.Ĭheck that all your required Windows applications work in Parallels Desktop.
Windows vs mac pros and cons install#
But why would you even want install Windows on a Mac? If you pick Boot Camp, then it's perfectly fine – the most authentic. This is a major advantage when compared to a PC, which cannot run macOS, for example. Having a Mac means you can run almost any operating system. You must pick either windows or mac OS, you cannot do both at the same time. It is designed to be 'resizeable' but 'stuff happens'. This may be difficult resizing down the line. You must partition a portion of your hard drive just for boot camp/windows. Just my opinion here are cons to boot camp. If you don't, start Parallels Desktop and proceed with 'Use Windows from Boot Camp.' Mac Vs Pc Pros And ConsYou will now have a Boot Camp that you can run side by side with Mac applications without the need to reboot. You can skip this step if you already use Boot Camp in Parallels Desktop. Step 1: Create a Boot Camp-based virtual machine in Parallels Desktop. Double-check that required Windows applications work in Parallels Desktop.