#Bootcamp for mac reviews mac osx
#Bootcamp for mac reviews mac os
#Bootcamp for mac reviews install
#Bootcamp for mac reviews drivers

#Bootcamp for mac reviews mac os

If they ever have issues or get brave enough to try the Mac OS you just hold the 'option' key during the boot sequence and choose the Mac OS. Thats again why I would just go the boot camp route and be done with it. That to me indicates they don't like change and perhaps aren't very computer literate which is fine most people aren't. Parallels runs mac os and windows simultaneously so it requires a large sum of RAM Memory to run both of those 'seamlessly' If I had a client whom just acquired a mac having tremendous heart burn in regards to the OS.

#Bootcamp for mac reviews install

Install Windows through boot camp, especially if they are not computer savvy and not going to be able to understand virtual box and virtual machines, or parallels. Plain and simply if your client wishes to use Windows on a Mac so you can join a Domain. I am simply addressing your original question and needs. I am not trying to come off as a bootcamp fanboy. However, it will run slower than running Windows through bootcamp. Using Parallels and Virtualizing Windows are great alternatives. What I don't know is the application of the system, what your BYOD policies are, if data is local or on SAN, etc. Of course, all of this is my opinion based on what you've asked. The paid solutions, VMWare Fusion 6 and Parallels 9 are great options with great features too. If you backup the virtual your recovery options are also better if anything should happen to the Windows install. Your client might have a change of heart. That way the option to look and play is given to the client at their own convenience. Why not set the expectation now that things change, and sometimes you need to learn new things? I know there will be some kicking and screaming, but in the end, at least in my experience, it works out. Your client is eventually going to have to move to Windows 8.x. Maybe Windows 7 since you mentioned wanting to use that. If your user just got this system, I am going to make an assumption that they are used to Windows XP. As we all know, 'I don't like ( insert product name here)' usually means 'I am unfamiliar with this, this isn't what I am used to, and I don't want to learn something new'. I'm not against using Boot Camp or rEFInd, but if the reason for Windows is simply 'I don't like OS X', then I would prefer the virtualizing route.

And I strongly agree with Computer IT Solutions to not format the system and load Windows only.

I agree with Zak5178 about virtualizing Windows. let me know if you have any other questions - Once windows is installed you can join it to any domain the same as you would any other windows PC AND so in the future when you decide to sell the machine you can OPTION BOOT back into the Mac side and use bootcamp to 'undo' the windows partition and factory reset the machine without calling a guy like me to do it for you. The main reason you want to do this is so you do not ruin the machine and you download the correct drivers. So you will never have to deal with the Mac partition unless you 'Option Boot' the machine.

#Bootcamp for mac reviews drivers

Once you have completed the Windows installation your drivers will install and then you can choose the startup disk which you can make windows the primary. It also downloads the necessary drivers the machine will need in order to run windows correctly on a mac, which is why boot camp is so important! Also when you are running bootcamp you can choose the partition size for each side (windows and mac side) if you do not intend to use the Mac OS just partition it as small as you want so more storage is dedicated to the Windows partition.

#Bootcamp for mac reviews mac osx

If they really hate Mac OSX use boot camp, which basically partitions the drive and formats one side for Windows. Dear lord, do not reformat and just install Windows.