HT1899 Do I Really Need to Install Windows Platform on a New iMac w/ Mountain Lion?
Greetings.
Do I need to install Windows 7 (or some other version of MS Windows) in order to run Windows based software? For example, I want to run AutoCAD 14. Will this install and run on my new Mountain Lion iMac without having MS Windows Platform installed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
MarkCAFL
If you want to install and use Windows programs you must install Windows either natively using Boot Camp Assistant or in a virtual machine such as Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox.
Many programs have a Mac version. AutoCad 2013 is available for Windows or Mac http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad/trial/. I am not famiar with AutoCad 14 so you will need to do your own research.
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