What is best way to run Windows 7 on a MAC?

CulturePlayCulturePlay Member, PRO Posts: 113
edited September 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
I have a MAC OS Lion and would like to install and run Windows 7....should I install on Bootcamp or do you recommend other software?

thanks,

CulturePlay

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  • dumbstudiosdumbstudios Member Posts: 23
    edited September 2012
    I use VMware fusion. I don't know if it's the best way, but it was the easiest and more convenient for me. It's free for 30 days so you can test drive it. I'm happy with it, I just installed Win7 cuz i'm taking a Java class and I need Windows to run Eclipse. I've used it on my other macbook, I'm buying it this time anyways, I got no complains at all to this date.
  • JustMe74JustMe74 Member, PRO Posts: 542
    It really depends on what you want to do with it. If you need 3D graphics performance, then you should use Bootcamp. It will run just as well as any other PC with the same hardware.

    If you are doing development work and pretty much anything that is not resource intensive, then Parallels or VMware should work fine.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Personally I would use a virtual machine so you can quickly switch between Mac and Windows without closing and rebooting. EsPecially if you have a dual monitor Setup. You can have windows on one monitor and Mac on the other.
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  • KiwiLeeKiwiLee Member Posts: 181
    I use parallels and it works a dream.
  • CulturePlayCulturePlay Member, PRO Posts: 113
    Thanks for the quick feedback! I will be using it for development purposes...I need to run GameSalad for windows. Looks like the consensus is running a virtual machine. That sounds great...not having to restart/logout. So now the question is... should I use VMware or Parellel...or does it really matter.
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