Boot camp or parallels 8 software

GW1970 · 23 Dec 2012 at 13:16

Just got my iMac and most software I use is available in mac format but I need to run certain windows applications that I use for work - mainly Autocad. I know it's avail in a mac format but as I have ££££ tied up in that software I don't want to spend money unnecessarily. So my question is do I go down the route of boot camp or by using Software like parallels 8 to create a virtual setup - I would appreciate anyone's thoughts on this.

kitkat9933 · 23 Dec 2012 at 16:14

I wouldn't use Parallels, I prefer VMware fusion, gives a lot closer to native system performance.

Feek · 23 Dec 2012 at 18:42

Parallels and VMWare give pretty much identical performance, use whichever you prefer the look of.

I wouldn't use Boot Camp though, rebooting into Windows kind of defeats the object of having a Mac.

GW1970 · 23 Dec 2012 at 19:44

Thanks for the info.