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** VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -rawdisk /dev/disk0 -filename win7raw.vmdk -partitions 3 Start up VirtualBox, make a new Windows 7 machine, and browse to win7raw.vmdk in your home directory to choose the virtual hard drive for the machine. (It’s usually called “Untitled”.) Then, launch Terminal so you can enter two commands. First, eject the Windows boot camp disk in Finder. The tricky part: You’ll need to do a little bit of geeky stuff. This is an open source virtualization system that runs on Mac OS, a lot like Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion, but available for free. All of the Vista drivers for Boot Camp worked fine for me, and the install was actually pretty quick. Install Windows 7 under Boot Camp, following the normal instructions. #Mac os x snow leopard emulator for windows 10 mac osI happen to just really like Windows 7 (it’s on par with Mac OS overall for me, with some parts being better, such as the Windows Taskbar being much better than the Mac’s Dock, and of course some parts being worse.) Some of these instructions may be obvious, but I hadn’t seen a writeup anywhere, so here goes. If you’re like a lot of geeks that I know, you have a Mac as your main machine, but often need to drop into Windows to check things like browser compatibility or to use some particular Windows applications. ![]()
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