So with VirtualBox you get the best of both worlds - it's free, and it allows you to run both Windows and macOS simultaneously so you can switch between them as required without having to reboot. And while Bootcamp is also a free option, it doesn't let you run macOS and Windows simultaneously (you have to reboot the machine every time you want to switch to the other operating system). First, head over to the VirtualBox Downloads page and click on Developer preview for macOS/Arm64 (M1/M2) hosts to download the Apple silicon version of the virtualization app. While there are other options available (such as Parallels and VMware Fusion), VirtualBox is free. To run Windows on a Mac, you need to use virtualization software such as VirtualBox. Here are the main steps involved in installing Windows on a Mac: Oracle recently released version 7. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This enables you to run Windows-only applications on your Mac. VirtualBox is a popular virtualization application that allows you to run virtually any PC operating system on any other computer. By using VirtualBox, you can install Windows on your Mac. As usual, VirtualBox is completely free to download and to use. VirtualBox is free software that allows you to install different operating systems on your machine.

Here I explain how to install Windows on a Mac using the (free) virtualization software, VirtualBox.

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