Re: Running Windows on a MAC

Posted by Stephen G4SJP on May 22, 2012; 8:06pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Running-Windows-on-a-MAC-tp7556307p7556323.html

That's not exactly true.  Certainly, Windows can be installed on a separate
partition of the hard drive (I do it myself), but Parallels is a virtual
machine installed in the Mac OS and can even be run as a window on the Mac
screen like any other Mac application, resized, minimised, full screen etc.

73 Stephen G4SJP

On 22 May 2012 20:33, David Gilbert <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I would heavily discount anything that person told you in the future
> because they clearly don't understand how that works.   When you run
> Windows on a MAC you are doing it in a separate partition of the hard
> drive and the Mac partition doesn't interface with it ... certainly not
> to the point of being able to police whatever goes on there.  Whether or
> not you need antivirus software on the Windows partition is purely a
> function of what you will be doing there.  If it never runs anything
> other than trusted software and never talks to the outside world (no
> internet access, no incoming files, etc) I doubt you would need it ...
> but for that reason, not the one your friend gave you.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 5/22/2012 11:23 AM, EMD wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently I have had the need to run windows on my MAC.  I'm using
> Parallels
> > to run Windows 7.  I have been told that I do not need Anti Virus
> software
> > on the windows side since I already use it on the MAC side.  Does anyone
> > have any thoughts on this?
> >
> > 73, Ed
> > K3ENV
> >
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