{"id":300,"date":"2008-04-01T23:54:23","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T03:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internettipoftheweek.com\/how-to-run-windows-on-a-mac\/300\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T23:54:23","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T03:54:23","slug":"how-to-run-windows-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/300\/how-to-run-windows-on-a-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run Windows on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mac users with Intel-based machines have several options when it comes to running Windows on their Leopard machines: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/features\/bootcamp.html \">Boot Camp<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parallels.com\/en\/products\/desktop\/ \">Parallels<\/a>, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/products\/fusion\/\"> VMWare Fusion<\/a>.  Boot Camp is included with OS X, and provides a dual boot machine that runs either OS, but only one at a time.  Parallels and VMWare are virtualization products that allow you to run both operating systems simultaneously, in different windows on the Mac desktop.  For more details, read <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.notebookreview.com\/showthread.php?t=145917\">Sam at NotebookReview <\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mac users with Intel-based machines have several options when it comes to running Windows on their Leopard machines: Boot Camp, Parallels, or VMWare Fusion. 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