Can access a Windows installation initially installed using Apple's Boot Camp software.

Configures system settings based on how you plan on using Windows.

Lots of high-end features (such as the ability to take snapshots of the operating system as backup).

Allows flexibility in the way Windows and Windows applications are run (you can access Windows as a whole or run Windows applications so they look and feel like native Mac apps).

Access to specific MacOS features (such as Touch Bar support in Parallels Desktop for Mac 13).

This category of software includes utilities such as the excellent Parallels Desktop for Mac (full review here of the newest Parallels Desktop for Mac 13).

Great for getting you out of a bind, but performance is poor, particularly graphics performance.

Software is not particularly user-friendly.

While VirtualBox is open-source, some features require a closed-source add-on pack.

There are plenty of free utilities, such as VirtualBox. Virtualization software doesn't have to cost money.

If you're a Boot Camp user then I recommend you check out TrackPad++, a utility that allows you to make full use of your Mac's trackpad when you're in Windows.

Great if you only use Windows occasionally, but, for regular use, switching between the two operating systems becomes tedious.

Fragmenting files between the two operating systems.

Having to switch between Windows and Mac.

Runs Windows using the full system potential of your Mac.ISO file - and a valid license, which is not free). Free (all you need is a Windows installation media - disc or.

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