Boot Camp

Attention!

In our last article, we discussed running Windows on a Mac. The first option we had was to run Boot Camp. This is something that Apple created specifically to run Windows on your Mac. So if you are going down this road here’s what to do:

Navigate yourself to the Applications > Utilities folder and double click on Boot Camp. (Or you could simply Spotlight “Boot Camp”).

You should see this window pop up. A convenient “Print Installation & Setup Guide” button is there, for you to do just that. But this link will allow you to download the guide directly from apple as a PDF. You can then view that on a second computer / laptop / iPad / iPhone. Pressing on continue you will see:

From here you can decide how much space you want Windows to take up on your computer. The normal 5GB is ok for occasional use, but quite small for regular use, or if you are requiring large software to be installed.

Once you are done with the partition, you will be ready to install Windows:

From here on, it would wiser to follow Apple’s own instructions rather than trusting my website or any other for that matter. If you decide to go this route (I myself have a 10GB Windows Boot Camp on my own Mac), you will end up with a computer that can be restarted in either Windows or Mac. Reading through Apple’s guide you should take special note of Apple’s warnings about how to install Windows.

Boot Camp has a huge advantage, in that when you start up in Windows Mode, you have a slick and fast computer that’s running Windows. The huge disadvantage is that you have to shutdown and restart your computer to get back to your Mac. Boot Camp is great if you’re running games or big intensive software. But for occasional Windows use, it’s overkill. 

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