#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 INSTALL#
#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 DRIVERS#
#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 UPGRADE#
#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 FULL#

LetвЂ™s face it the reason Windows users switch to a Mac is they are tired of the tedious pain in the rear that is the Windows experience, especially Windows 8/8.1. To say they are free of glitches would not be correct. Using either of the two works pretty well and there there is a third free option called VirtualBox. Sadly I couldnвЂ™t make a clean switch because the MLS only functioned in Internet Exploder вЂ“ yes I meant to spell it that way. Probably the first thing an Apple employee will tell you if you intend to run Windows is to buy either Parallels or VMWare Fusion.

#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 UPGRADE#

The price tag is is currently $49.99 and there are less expensive upgrade options for current VMware users. Users have said in reviews that it is easy to set up and works reliably. The bottom line is that you never have to leave OS or Windows to access one or the others вЂ“ theyвЂ™re both right there inside of your beloved Mac! VMware Fusion also offers Unity mode wherein the Fusion window and Windows desktop spaces disappear, and opened Windows applications appear right there on your Mac desktop right alongside OS X apps. Copy and paste works between the operating systems as well, allowing you to fully use all of the features of Mac or Windows apps.

#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 FULL#

Copy and paste and drag and dropДЇusion runs Windows OS in full screen mode, or in a separate window, and files can be dragged and dropped from your Windows desktop to the Mac Finder and from Mac to Windows. VMware Fusion operates on any 64-bit capable Intel Mac using OS X 10.7 or later, requiring a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and it does require a monstrous 750MB of disk space. We havenвЂ™t tested the software out, but according to their site, it launches Windows right inside a separate window on any Mac desktop. Enter VMWare Fusion 6 which allows you to use Windows without ever restarting.

#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 INSTALL#

I thought Bootcamp had real support, this is not the case.Read also: Microsoft releases video preview of Windows 8.1ДЄpple computers already come with Bootcamp which allows you to install Windows on a Mac, but you have to restart to use Windows and access the tools that are built only for Windows. Finally uninstalled Windows 8.1, I'm using VM Ware now, but gaming is not the same on a virtual machine.

#MAC PARALLELS WINDOWS 8.1 DRIVERS#

After I installed Windows, and installed the drivers provided by Apple, I had no sound, the driver was not working, and spent 3 days actively looking for a solution online, tried a lot, none work. So I went to disk utility, deleted the partition, and left that as free space, booted back to the setup, and finally installed Windows by creating an NTFS partition at the free space. iso file, attempted to install, then had an issue with the partition created by Bootcamp, Windows wouldn't let me install in that partition, nor I could erease it then use it with the tools of the install setup. I don't have a DVD with Windows 8.1, since I received the OS through dreamspark, so I come to think, what if I buy the rMBP that lacks a DVD drive? I found a way to get the option to create the install drive from a. iso file to a DVD, which was possible before Mavericks. Sadly, once I installed 8.1 ењ†4 on my current MBP with Mavericks, I've had every single possible issue with a laptop that according to Apple supports Windows 8.1, first I couldn't create an install usb drive without first burning the.

Now I'll just buy a Razer Blade and ditch Apple. I had no issues before with Bootcamp with Windows 8 ењ†4 back when I had Lion. I was thinking about upgrading my entry level MBP 13' late 2011 to the top of the line rMBP 15 late 2013 for gaming, I thought I could install Windows and run any game just fine without losing the OS X experience.

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