So with VirtualBox you get the best of both worlds - it's free, and it allows you to run both Windows and macOS simultaneously so you can switch between them as required without having to reboot. And while Bootcamp is also a free option, it doesn't let you run macOS and Windows simultaneously (you have to reboot the machine every time you want to switch to the other operating system). While there are other options available (such as Parallels and VMware Fusion), VirtualBox is free. To run Windows on a Mac, you need to use virtualization software such as VirtualBox. Here are the main steps involved in installing Windows on a Mac: This enables you to run Windows-only applications on your Mac. By using VirtualBox, you can install Windows on your Mac. VirtualBox is free software that allows you to install different operating systems on your machine. If the topic of virtualization interests you, check out some more of our posts on the subject.Here I explain how to install Windows on a Mac using the (free) virtualization software, VirtualBox. There are many other options available for virtualization, including the free UTM app which allows you to easily run Windows 11 on an Apple Silicon Mac for example, but there’s also paid solutions including VMWare and Parallels. XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x and 4.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD. Now you are in the step to create a new virtual machine you need to open VirtualBox. Go to Applications and select VirtualBox then Open. After that, you installed VirtualBox on Mac.
Type a name for the new computer next to 'Name'. As usual, VirtualBox is completely free to download and to use. Click New below the blue icon that resembles a circle with jagged edges. While technically in beta, anyone can get access to the developer preview beta ARM build of VirtualBox through the VirtualBox website. There is a lot of several software out there, that are working on the same niche and the much-sophisticated one is definitely Virtual Box.
It does this by virtualizing hardware (that you can adjust to allocate RAM, storage capacity, etc), so the operating system itself doesn’t know that it’s not running on actual hardware. VirtualBox is virtualization software that allows you to run other operating systems in containers on your Mac directly from the application, for example you can run Linux or Windows directly within VirtualBox, and without having to use dual-booting or anything else.
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