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It depends on what you want to use Windows for.
Running applications like MS Word or MS Excel and similar programs fair quite well in a Windows virtual machine (VM), but graphic intensive games or video compositing or editing applications fair better in a dedicated Windows installation via Boot Camp.
Booting Windows on the Mac
PS: There is a free VM software called VirtualBox out there.
PPS: I, and many others, use VMWare Fusion for the VM needs (like Windows or Mac OS X or Linux).
Running applications like MS Word or MS Excel and similar programs fair quite well in a Windows virtual machine (VM), but graphic intensive games or video compositing or editing applications fair better in a dedicated Windows installation via Boot Camp.
Booting Windows on the Mac
PS: There is a free VM software called VirtualBox out there.
PPS: I, and many others, use VMWare Fusion for the VM needs (like Windows or Mac OS X or Linux).