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What is PlayOnMac?
PlayOnMac is free software that allows you to easily install and use numerous games and software designed to work on Microsoft® Windows®.
Why using PlayOnMac rather than other solution?
There are many other ways to run Windows program on a Mac. Here is a comparative table to understand the advantages of our solution.
| PlayOnMac |
Bootcamp |
Virtual machines (Parallels, VMWare Fusion) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | About $200 Licence Windows |
$200 to $300 Licences |
| Windows licence | Unneeded | Required | Required |
| User friendliness | Very simple* | Somewhat complex | Rather simple |
| Degradation of performance | No* | No | Yes |
| Compatility | Partial | Optimal | Partial |
| Integration with OS X | Good | Medium | Bad |
| Reboot required | No | Yes | No |
* Providing that the program is supported.
