Anyone Using Bootcamp And Parallels (together) ?

[Robert4]

Hi All,

I use the Parallels program on my iMac to switch to a virtual WINDOWS 10 "side".
Works quite well.

Have all sorts of very different programs on the Windows side, and all run quite well.
Everything.

Have found, though, one program that will not run under a virtual W10 setup.
The software developer acknowledges this; apparently there is too much data flow.
Don't understand, but...

Anyway, they say it works just fine under Bootcamp.
I know nothing about Bootcamp.

Anyone using Parallels and Bootcamp on the same pc ?

I would want to run either completely separate from the other; Not "one under the other".

Any glitches or caveats in doing so ? How do I do the install ?

*Any probability of messing things up with the Parallels already on my iMac ?

If there is anyone who can guide me thru this, either here or off-line, would be most
appreciative.

Thanks,
Bob

 

[wardie]

I’ve used Bootcamp and VMWare Fusion in parallel, as it were. Ended up binning Bootcamp as I never used it, really convenient having both macOS and Windows running concurrently. But my use cases did not need the raw naive access to hardware some may want via Bootcamp - as opposed to virtualised drivers for stuff. Oh - no issues I had with the two installed at the same time, completely independent as Bootcamp is its own bootable partition.

 

[Robert4]

Hi,

Thanks for comments.

Question, please: When you had both Bootcamp And Parallels on your Mac,
did you need two licenses from MS for Windows, or does one, licensed, copy
work on both Parallels and Bootcamp (when together) ?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[SaSaSushi]

Technically, I believe Microsoft says that they require separate licenses for BootCamp and virtual machines, even installed on the same computer.

That said, I have both BootCamp and a Parallels 13 Windows 10 VM and they are activated with the same license with no issues. I activated the Parallels VM by telephone using the automated assistant. YMMV.

The owner of a retail copy of Windows 10 can move it to however many machines they like. Each instance requires reactivation and that needs to be done by phone but the license should allow it.

 

[wardie]

Hi,

Thanks for comments.

Question, please: When you had both Bootcamp And Parallels on your Mac,
did you need two licenses from MS for Windows, or does one, licensed, copy
work on both Parallels and Bootcamp (when together) ?

Thanks,
Bob

I had two separate licences. But them I’m like that. The instances are separate. Never looked at the networking but I image you may end up using the same IP address. I suspect the machines hardware will look different to Windows and it used to be the case anyway that the licensing spotted hardware changes and and assumed t was different machine. That caused problems eg when recovering from failed hard drive with replacement in same machine.