Why would you want to use a virtual operating system on your Mac? For various reasons, which may include Windows-only applications you can’t get for your Mac, favourite Windows tools that you can use more productively on your PC and for testing new software without it affecting your computer.
Indeed, if you have a fast enough Mac with a large amount of system memory, you can use more than one operating system at any one point in time. You can also run a Linux-based operating system, such as Ubuntu, which is ideal for testing the new operating system without installing properly, on your hard drive. This includes Windows XP, Vista or even the latest Windows 7. VMware Fusion for Mac is a superb tool that you can use to run a virtual operating system on your Mac. Now Apple have moved the Mac to the Intel CPU, which is the same hardware technology used by your PC, you can install Windows on your Mac desktop, without losing too much speed when running both operating systems on the same machine. Only a few years ago, when the Mac used to use a PowerPC chip, using Windows on a Mac was unbearable. If you’re a PC user but fancy the idea of using a Mac, you can get the best of both worlds through virtualisation.
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