The current Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac comes in three editions: Home & Student for $79.99, Pro for $99.99 per year, and Business for $99.99 per year. A third-party program such as Parallels Desktop will cost you a few bucks. Second, the great part about Boot Camp is that it's not only built into macOS, but it's free.
If you're running the latest flavor of macOS, namely Big Sur, on an Intel-based Mac, Boot Camp is still available and usable as always. SEE: Windows 10 security: A guide for business leaders (TechRepublic Premium)įirst, the Boot Camp restriction will apply only to ARM-based Macs, irrespective of OS version.
If you plan to run Windows on one of these ARM Macs or any other Mac, Parallels Desktop is an alternative worth considering. The future ARM-based Macs recently announced by Apple won't be able to support Windows 10 through a Boot Camp scenario. Running Windows on a Mac computer has traditionally been freely doable through the aid of Boot Camp, a built-in utility that creates a separate partition on your Mac so you can juggle between macOS and Windows (or Linux) on the same machine.
