Appendix A. Using Boot Camp, Parallels, and VMware Fusion in a MAC Environment

Solutions in this appendix

  • Boot Camp
  • Parallels
  • VMware Fusion
  • VirtualBox
  • Summary
  • Solutions Fast Track
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

In January 2006, Apple produced the first Intel-based Macs. Overnight, people were able to natively install (through various hacks) operating systems such as Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Vista, and SUSE, Red Hat, Debian, Fedora Core, Mandriva, Xandros, and flavors of FreeBSD, OS/2, eCommStation, Solaris, and OpenBSD 3.8 on their Macs. Prior to the release of the Intel-based Mac, installing Windows on a Mac was a feat that required hardware emulation. With the necessity for a multiboot solution came the subsequent birth ...

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