how to run windows on mac

Windows Emulator Mac

Ten years ago the Mac was not the figurehead it is today. Windows reigned, Bill Gates empire spread as far as the eye, and Internet, could see.

Fast forward to 2012 and the Mac is king. This transformation happened quickly, but the Mac is no longer just the artsy, design laptop, but the business and home office choice as well.

The Apple OS has its own version of most everything Windows OS has Word, Mail, Calendar, etc. This was not always the case and in some instances, frequently with gamers and many engineering programmers, there is not a Mac option of a program.

What do you do then? Here is a quick guide to how exactly to run a Windows program on a Mac computer. A Mac user may find himself unable to use a specific program if the program has been coded only for Windows.

The user then has two main options. The first, to install a program known as Boot Camp, which allows the user to duel-boot both operating systems on his computer.

This means his computer can run on both Windows, and Mac. However, he can only run on one at a time.

If he is working on Windows and needs a file from Mac, he must shut his computer off, reboot in Mac, access the file, shut the computer off and reboot in Windows. This process can become wearisome quickly.

The second and best option, in the opinion of many, is to run an emulator of the program. An emulator essentially duplicates the processes of X OS on the OS of Y, which is the primary OS of the computer.

The computer can then run a program that would work only on X OS on the OS of Y. In this case, the program runs on Windows, but not Mac.

The emulator recreates a Windows platform on the Mac and the program runs smoothly. Often an emulator for the program can be found and downloaded with a quick Google search.

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