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With Wine, light and/or old programs are written for Windows work well.

Instead of mimicking the internal logic of Windows, such as a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on the fly, eliminating performance and memory problems of other methods, and allowing you to fully integrate Windows applications on your desktop. Wine (originally the abbreviation for “Wine Is Not Emulator”) is a compatibility level that can run Windows applications on several POSIX compatible operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, and BSD. In my opinion, this is a very easy to use and undervalued macOS option. It is unlikely to suit professionals but will be useful to ordinary users.Īdvantages: you do not need to install Windows, the program is launched directly from macOS. Performance losses are lower than when using a virtual machine.ĭisadvantages: not every program will work, but even in this case you don’t lose anything, just use the first two methods. The virtual machine allows you to run Windows or other OS directly in running macOS. There is no longer any need to restart the computer, but the performance of the “guest system” is generally declining. Without special dances with a tambourine, this method is absolutely not suitable for games, even the simplest ones.

Often this method is called Parallels Desktop, but along with Parallels Desktop, there are other virtual machines, from the most popular: VirtualBox, VMware Workstation.