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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac and Fusion 5 can be purchased online at the Parallels and VMware sites, respectively. Apple has issued similar updates in the past for Boot Camp.
Although Boot Camp in OS X Lion and Mountain Lion officially supports only Windows 7, users have installed previews of Windows 8 with the tool.Īn update to Boot Camp may be required, however, before Windows 8 will work flawlessly in its own partition.
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Mac owners should also be able to install Windows 8 using Boot Camp, the OS X utility that lets them run Windows in a separate partition. When Microsoft issues the final code in two months, users can then upgrade the Release Preview to Windows 8 Pro using the discounted $39.99 price, which is good through the end of January 2013. To do that, Mac users can download and install the free Windows 8 Release Preview, the late-May sneak peek Microsoft still provides free of charge. System Builder's price, however, has not yet been disclosed.īut Mac owners can take advantage of a loophole to create a new virtual machine now, then use that as the foundation for an upgrade in October, sidestepping the System Builder price and obtaining Windows 8 for $39.99.
System Builder - a name change from "OEM," not to be confused with the OEM licenses used by computer makers to install the OS on factory floors - is the SKU that targets virtualization. Microsoft will also offer a newly-named "System Builder" version of Windows 8 in October. Microsoft has priced the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro at just $39.99, an all-time low for the Redmond, Wash. Current virtualized copies of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 can be upgraded to Windows 8 - just as can those running on physical hardware - when the latter debuts.
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