• All Macs

  • Either VMware Fusion Pro (free for personal use) or Parallels (Pro Edition) ($60/year for students) will do the job nicely.
    • Opinion: As of July 2024, Parallels has the edge in the "ease of use" category for Macs with Apple Silicon processors, but Fusion has gotten much better in recent releases.
  • You will need a better-than-average Mac in order for virtualization software to run at acceptable speeds, i.e. plenty of free disk space, lots of memory (32 GB or more is best), and a high-speed processor with lots of cores.

Option 2: Boot Camp

• Intel Macs

  • Boot Camp is still a feature of macOS, but only for Macs with Intel processors.
    • Apple no longer sells Macs with Intel processors, but there are still a lot of them in use, so Boot Camp will still be a viable option for little while longer.
    • Apple only officially supports installing Windows version 10 via Boot Camp, and Windows 10 will reach its end of life in October 2025.

• Apple Silicon Macs

  • Boot Camp is not an option.