Autodesk provides many native Mac products for 3D modelling, CAD, rendering, animation, VFX and digital imagery. In addition, we provide full support for a number of products when used on the Mac in virtualised environments including Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion. 3d Studio Max mac software, free downloads and reviews at WinSite. Free Mac 3d Studio Max Shareware and Freeware.
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If that is a Windows app with no OS X equivalent, then you need to run Windows.
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There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs. Here is a list of the primary options in the market place.
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- Apple Boot Camp software. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows. (Free because it comes with OS X. You must own a legitimate Windows Full Retail Installer.)
- Parallels Desktop for Mac. Parallels is a software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
- VM Fusion.VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
- CrossOver. Enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
- VirtualBox. Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. (Free because it comes with OS X. You must own a legitimate Windows Full Retail Installer.)
- Veertu. A new entry from Open Source utilizing native virtualization. It’s a fast and secure way to run VMs on the Mac.
- Veertu Desktop is supported on Mac models of early/mid-2011 or later running Yosemite 10.10 or later.
Parallels, VM Fusion, VirtualBox, and Veertu can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. A 2015 comparison of Parallels, VM Fusion, and Virtual Box is found at 2015 VM Benchmarks: Parallels 11 vs. Fusion 8 vs. VirtualBox 5. A review of these and other competitors is found in PCMag: The Best Virtualization Software of 2017. Boot Camp is available with Lion and later.
You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive. Windows must be installed on an internal drive if you use Boot Camp. A license must be purchased for all commercial software and operating system products. Open Source software is free.
Some Boot Camp Articles from Apple Support.
Boot Camp Support.
Boot Camp 5.1: Frequently Asked Questions.
How to Install Windows using Boot Camp.
Boot Camp Control Panel Users Guide.
Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp.
Use Windows 8.1 on your Mac with Boot Camp.
Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp.
Aug 13, 2017 10:43 PM
Autodesk is correct on this one.
With lite use of 3DS Parallels would be sufficient but the more complex your project gets the slower it will be in Parallels Windows.
Since BootCamp allows Windows and 3DS to use the Mac hardware natively you won't have that 'problem' with it.
So personal I would propose to use BootCamp right from the start and not some time later when you have reached the limits with Parallels.
The BootCamp Assistant in OSx which is used to partition your harddisk for the Windows installation also lets you completely delete the Windows partition later on when you are done with it and also adds the diskspace used for the Windows partition back to your OSX.
Have a look at the BootCamp Installation Guide plus the FAQs Apple provides on BootCamp.
All can be found here http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Regards
Stefan