Just remember that most of these solutions do still require you to buy a full, licensed copy of Windows as well. And, of course, there are all those A-List games that have never even glanced in the direction of us poor, forgotten Mac gamers.īut, thankfully, there are ways of running Windows on your Mac that will provide access to Access, so to speak, along with all those other professional software tools and terrific Windows games.
The Windows version of Microsoft Office includes the Access database that has never been available for the Mac, and there are many professional graphics and video tools that are Windows-only. And, unfortunately, there are a number of important programs and apps used in many industries that will only run on Windows. But even Apple recognises that we live in a world - and particularly the corporate, business world - that is dominated by PCs running Microsoft Windows. Apple likes to do things its own way, and often annoys even its most loyal customers by doing daft things - like ditching the traditional headphone socket when it launched the iPhone 7 a few years ago. In this article we look at the best virtual machine and virtualisation software packages for the Mac.