Running Windows & other software

I had posted similar questions in a previous thread, but a couple of trolls came along and highjacked that thread; so now I'm posting a revised set of questions in this new thread.
I have several questions to ask about using Microsoft Windows, Parallels (or VMware Fusion), and/or other similar products on either a late-2012 Core i5 iMac, and/or a late-2013 Core i5 MacBook Pro with Retina Display. In addition, I have some other MacOS compatibility concerns.
Here's what I want to do:
I want to configure one or both computers with Parallels (or Fusion) to be able to run MacOS 10.9 "Mavericks" alongside a recent flavor of Windows (probably Win 7) so I can run Windows software (most notably MS Access and DeLorme GPS software, but other apps as well). I would also like to use Parallels (or Fusion) to run a "virtual machine" so that I could run an earlier version of MacOS X that are incompatible with this current hardware. The most important (and possibly easiest) goal would be to run some version of MacOS 10.6.8 (server or client, I am not sure), which would be the last version of the MacOS to be compatible with some non-Apple peripheral equipment I have in my office.
Are these things possible, and what would I have to do to make it happen?
Thanks in advance.
-- WA
POSSIBLE HARDWARE TO BE USED:
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), late-2012 Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1 TB HDD
-- or --
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 13", Core i5 2.4, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD

You got a dvd drive?
Just do it.
regards to:
-- DeLorme GPS software
   Check inn delorme forums
   http://forum.delorme.com/index.php?/topic/17049-use-with-mac-running-vmware-fusi on/
   Parrallels info.
   http://forum.delorme.com/index.php?/topic/5895-using-lt-20-with-intel-mac/
-- some non-Apple peripheral equipment I have in my office.
Your going to have to try this. Virtualization software would have to pass thru the data to device. Virtualization software will do this, but you never know how it will work until you try.

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If your application is a heavy resource user, install Windows using Bootcamp Assistant. This method of installation creates a Windows partition that natively uses all your computer's hardware when running Windows. It is as though you have changed your Mac into a PC. The disadvantage of this method of installation is that if you want to change to OSx you have to reboot your computer.
In a virtualized Windows installation (Fusion, Parallels, Virtual Box) Windows shares your computer's resources with OSx. So Windows does not have full use of all the computer's RAM for example. The advantage of a virtualized installation is that you don't have to reboot to start using the other OS.
My advice given the heavy resource usage of your application is to install Windows using Bootcamp Assistant then install Fusion or Parallels and use the Bootcamp installation as the virtual target OS. This way you have the best of both types of installations without the disadvantages of either. So if you want to run your resource heavy app you boot into Windows, otherwise you access your Windows installation through Fusion or Parallels.

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More questions from a Mac rookie.
I just switched to a MacBook yesterday from a PC and I have one piece of software that I really need but the company does not support Mac. I've been told about VW Fusion and Windows Parallel.
Do I have to purchase and load Windows OS to run this?

If you still have your old computer and don't use it anymore, you can just take the serial number for your copy of Windows from that machine, and install Windows on Mac with Parallels or Fusion and then you don't have to buy a copy of windows.
Fusion and Parallels do not come with a copy of Windows, they just allow the means to run Mac and Windows simultaneously, however, you can always just use boot camp(Mac's ability to have Windows run in a separate partition on a Mac computer) if you don't mind running them separately. (i.e. Use Windows when you need to work, and use Mac when you're at home and don't need that Windows work program)
If you don't have a copy of Windows for either Bootcamp or Parallels, you're going to have to buy one, or cough*"find"*cough a serial number.
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Hi
I am getting my first MacBook Pro tomorrow, and i am just curious as to how i could run Windows only software on it. It will only be a couple of games and music software, but i dont have the OSX version, and i dont really want to buy a new version. I'd rather get a free program that does the same thing as Paralells, but if there is any other paid software that is reliable id like to know.
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helloskoodle wrote:
I'd rather get a free program that does the same thing as Paralells,
VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/
Problem is virtual machine software is about 1/5th the performance of booting directly into Windows via Bootcamp, this doesn't matter that much of your games are 2D, OpenGl driven and light weight, but 3D games you either want to direct install Windows via Bootcamp...
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVfRQ0YIDUI&feature=related
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3D video games advance, require video card upgrades, with the Mac platform there are either no video card upgrade ability or options. You can 3D game for a short time on a powerful Mac, but once the game gets updated your slow again and become fragbait.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
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My Windows 7 actually works better & more problem-free on my Mac, in fact, than any Windows I've ever had running on any PC machine. Believe it or not. Just as fast too, if not faster. And I don't think I have EVER seen one of those mean nasty little Windows popup messages with text and a "So whatya wanna do, bucko?" question in 'em that only a Redmond software engineer could understand.
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And in addition to the 60Gigs of static, unchangeable space it takes up on my Mac's SSD, it uses another quarter Gig or so of my SSD's free space for its virtual memory requirements (see the Activity Monitor screenshot below).
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Here's a Google hitlist showing a nationwide Craigslist search result for people selling VMWare Fusion disks last month & this month. Looks like $25 or so bucks is all it'd take, on average:
site:craigslist.org mac OR macintosh AND "vmware fusion" AND "intext:2012-09" OR "intext:2012-10" -macbook
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http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
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