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If I'm understanding you correctly, you could run windows in a virtual machine using VMware, parralels or virtualbox (free) and just have the windows install on the hard drive.
That way, you'd be running it from within OS X.
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Yeah you understand my thought. Thanks. Yeah but I need to run Auto CAD, 3D modelling and math matrix software, so it's kind of intensive. Not something I want to do in a virtual machine.
I guess the best option is to run windows on a partition and then just access documents on the mac to edit, I'll just get Office on there too, then I can do reports on windows and not really use Mac OS.
I wondered if it was possible to swap (without shutting down) between 2 operating systems running simultaneously, on the same laptop.
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Quick simple question.
I have a mac with SSD hd and also HD in disc draw. I need to run a windows OS for some math software and windows CAD etc.
Is there any way of switching between partitions without shutting down one OS? I'd rather put windows on the SSD as a partition if I can as the modeling software will run faster on there. If I put the OS on different HD would that work? Incase I want to work in Mac but then need to flip to windows to check something, without quitting everything.
If putting it on a differnt HD works and I can flip between HD then I'll but another SSD I think.