


Boot Camp on the other hand is a free beta right now and will be a technology bundled into OS X 105 Leopard, of course you’ll have to pay for the OS when it finally gets released but I imagine most Mac users will be buying it anyway.How to Get Windows 10 on a macOS Catalina The other thing to consider is cost, at the moment Parallels is a $39.99 pre order with the program being $79.99 on release.

As demonstrated above gaming is only really possible on Boot Camp because of the emulated graphics on Parallels so if you’re hankering after a bit of PC gaming on your Mac you only really have one choice. If you’re after something with a bit more or intend on using Windows for any decent amount of time then I’d suggest Boot Camp, for what I need Windows for it’s a much more satisfying experience using Windows XP natively then it is under a virtual machine. If you’re a web developer for example and want to check out how your site renders in IE6 then Parallels will be ideal, develop on OS X then quickly flick over to IE6 in a virtual machine to check it out, all in less then 30 seconds. Boot Camp is faster than Parallels by far, especially when it comes to GUI responsiveness and gaming but depending on what you need Windows for speed might be worth giving up for the ability to run Windows and OS X at the same time. The choice to be made really boils down to one thing it’s a trade off between convenience and speed. Boot Camp will have all its kinks ironed out and will be included in OS X 10.5 Leopard, whether it’s in the same form I don’t know and Parallels is currently approaching its final release. Mac users have never been so lucky in terms of choice when it comes to Windows compatibility and the outlook is even brighter.
