I finally did it. I crossed over to the dark side. Yep that’s right. I installed Windows 7 on my iMac. It hurt me to do it. I just do not like Windows and PC’s at all. I converted totally to Mac in late 2007 and I never looked back.

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I finally did it. I crossed over to the dark side. Yep that’s right. I installed Windows 7 on my iMac. It hurt me to do it. I just do not like Windows and PC’s at all. I converted totally to Mac in late 2007 and I never looked back.

I still run a few software programs that run on windows software. I did some research about mac software reviews using windows and I discovered that I could use VMware Fusion to install windows 7.

I’ve had my eye on a couple of programs that I wanted that are Windows only and the only way to get them was to either use my Windows PC desktop (which sucks) or add the Window operating system to my iMac. I chose the latter.

I can now clear my desk of my Dell monitor and Dell eMachine. I will probably donate the monitor to our local Goodwill Store. The PC itself is heading toward my local landfill after I open it and smash the hard drive with a hammer a few times.

Adding Windows 7 to my iMac was surprisingly easy. I purchased a program called VMware Fusion 3.

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VMware Fusion 3 installed quickly to my Mac, like most any other program would. This virtual machine software creates what is referred to as a “virtual machine.” A virtual machine is the software equivalent of a physical computer. In effect, I have a Windows PC installed now inside my iMac. Oh the blasphemy of it all. Please forgive me Steve Jobs.

VMware Fusion 3 installed into my applications folder.

The next step is to open up VMware by double-clicking it inside your applications folder. Insert your Windows operating system disc and it will prompt you for your license key of course. I’m sure that no one who reads Bloggerlens would ever use a pirated copy. I didn’t either, I bought a brand new Windows 7. The process to install Windows takes a while. I’m guessing about 45 minutes to install from the disc.

Automagically, you now have Windows on your Mac. Woo Hoo.

Let me just say that when you want something bad enough, you are willing to do whatever it takes. I want to run these other programs and I did not want to use separate machines so I did the dirty deed.

Here is a screen cast I made so you can see what Windows will look like on your Mac when you start the program. Keep in mind that you can run both operating systems at the same time. You do not have to close one and open the other. You can share folders also. I did not notice a slowdown in performance at all while using both Windows and the Mac OS system. Don’t worry about it being complicated to install VMware Fusion 3 on a Mac, because it isn’t. The program will walk you through the process step-by-step.

Thumbs up to VMware Fusion 3.
I recommend VMware Fusion 3 if you need the ability to run Windows on your Mac.

VMware Fusion 3 available at Amazon: