Re: Running Windows on a MAC

Posted by David Gilbert on
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Running-Windows-on-a-MAC-tp7556307p7556330.html


I guess I stand corrected then.  I was thinking more of Boot Camp, which
I've used and I'm pretty sure is always a separate partition.  Even with
Parallels, though, the two OS's don't speak to each other if Parallels
installs as a virtual machine.

Thanks for the correction es 73,
Dave   AB7E



On 5/22/2012 1:06 PM, Stephen Prior wrote:

> 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]
> <mailto:[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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