


If you have Before you do anything else, make sure your Mac is updated to the latest version of OS X your computer supports, and verify it has 8GB or more of RAM. You should download the ARM Preview version, and probably not continue with this tutorial as it’s written for Windows 10 for Intel chips using VirtualBox. Note, if you have an M1 Mac, you need a special version of Windows that runs on ARM processors! Here’s a link to a tutorial for how install Windows 10 using Parallels on a M1 Mac. This tutorial was written for VirtualBox, since it’s free and you don’t have to reboot your computer to access Windows (this is why I don’t recommend Bootcamp, since you lose access to your Mac files and software).

If you’re a Mac user, there’s no need to sell your Mac and get a Windows computer. You can use VirtualBox, Parallels or VMWare (links lead to academic versions) to run Windows on your Mac.
