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I would say that if you want to smoothly run either Windows 7, 8 or 10 on your Mac in Parallels, you should at least have 4GB of RAM on your Mac and if you like using many apps at the same time, I'd recommend having at least 8GB.

Compared to Boot Camp, Parallels is a greater strain on your Mac's memory and processing power since both operating systems are running at the same time.

No need to create a separate partition on your hard drive for Windows that cannot be easily changed as with Boot Camp.

This means that instead of having a whole Windows Desktop open within OS X, you can open Windows apps in Coherence Mode, and they look just as if you opened a Mac program. This feature of Parallels blends the Windows and OS X environments together, giving you a common interface for both applications. You can even link desktops between your Parallels program and OS X so that any documents created in one system are automatically copied and saved to the other system.

Easy file integration between systems.

More functional than Boot Camp in the sense that you can run both operating systems at one time.

This makes switching back and forth between systems incredibly easy.

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When it is up and running, you see an entire Windows desktop within a window on your Mac (you can obviously full screen the program as well). Parallels runs like any other app on your Mac. Much like Boot Camp, you decide how much space you want to allocate toward Windows, but unlike Boot Camp, you can easily change these storage options after installation.

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Once you purchase, download and install Parallels, you can open the program and install your Windows operating system within it. The current version of Parallels Desktop is Parallels 10. If you decide to use Parallels Desktop, you first need to purchase both the Parallels program and your Windows operating system.

Because you need to partition the hard drive, you are effectively decreasing the available space on the OS X side of your Mac.

Either email them to yourself, use a cloud service like Dropbox or iCloud Drive, or use an external device like a USB drive or CD.

No easy way of transferring files and data between operating systems.

Every time you wish to switch between operating systems, you need to reboot your computer.

Meaning if you create a 200GB partition for Windows but run out of storage, you would need to completely reset Boot Camp and repartition to the size you desire.

Once you partition the hard drive, you cannot adjust the partition size.

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Completely free! All you have to do is buy Windows and not any additional software.The Boot Camp Assistant app guides you through the install process.Because Boot Camp runs Windows completely isolated from OS X instead of at the same time (like with virtualization), Boot Camp is less of a strain on your Mac's memory and is easier on your Mac to keep up and running.

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Built into the Mac OS X operating system.This means to switch from OS X to Windows, you need to reboot your Mac.

Once Windows is installed in Boot Camp, every time you turn on your computer, you will be asked to select the operating system you would like to run. Upon launching the Boot Camp Assistant app, you have the option to change how large this partition is. Boot Camp makes a separate partition on your computer's hard drive (think of it as splitting your hard drive into two separate parts) specifically for installing and running windows. If you go to your Applications > Utilities folder, you will see the Boot Camp Assistant app.

Boot Camp is built into the OS X operating system of the Macs.

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