

In your virtual space, you’re running authentic Microsoft software (just like all your office buds) and not some version created to run (and ultimately fail) for the Mac.If something goes wrong, you can easily roll back to a previous snapshot in time (similar to the previous reason). Multiple instances of Windows can be created and run on a Mac at will, allowing you to test new software.Virtual instances of Windows that go south can be quickly blown away and restored fresh using snapshots.


In my own business, I’ve saved even more. IBM estimates it will save about $600 USD per employee over three years in hardware expenses. This year the company purchased 100,000 Macs for employee use instead of buying the hardware you’d expect, such as Lenovo or Dell. Recently, IBM found that Apple hardware is more cost-effective than any other is. If you’re not already doing this, why would you want to run Windows on a Mac? Let me count the reasons… So why not turn this problem on its head and just run Windows on your Mac?

The implication of this apparent magic is that you can actually run Microsoft Project on your Mac - something that most folks find unfathomable since Microsoft doesn’t make a version to run natively on your shiny aluminum Apple laptop. To start, you have to learn about the wonderful world of “virtualization.” Virtualization is a techie buzzword that simply means running another operating system (with all its associated applications) on another operating system - for example, running Windows 10 on your Apple’s macOS platform. Over the years many folks in client sites have noticed the glowing apple on the lid of my laptop and knowing that I’m running Microsoft Project have asked me: “How the heck do you do that?!”
