However, the two OS in this case need to share the available hardware and thus have limited access to resources.Īs you can guess, virtualization requires extensive hardware resources in order to simultaneously run two or more operating systems. Alternatively, running Windows inside a virtual machine allows simultaneous access to both Windows and OS X. But in order to switch from one OS to the other, the system needs to be restarted. Dual booting Windows with OS X lets both operating systems to fully utilize the available hardware. The other option is to run Windows inside a virtual machine running on OS X.īoth of these alternatives have their own advantages and disadvantages.

One option is to dual boot Windows with OS X. There are primarily two ways to install Windows OS on a Mac.

1.2.2 Setting up Parallels Desktop and installing Windows.1.1.2 Setting up Boot Camp and installing Windows.