


To set this up however, you can download a free copy of Windows from the Microsoft Store and then buy a Windows licence separately whenever you are ready.

Since it is an application however, you have to buy Parallels, as well as a Windows licence.īootcamp on the other hand, partitions, or divides your hard drive, and then runs Windows through your Mac as if it was any other piece of hardware – this means that to swap between Mac and Windows you have to restart your machine. Parallels runs Windows as a Virtual Machine within your Mac – so at the end of the day, you have Windows within a window in your Mac. So first let’s quickly cover what the differences between the two are. What’s the difference between Parallels and Bootcamp?
