Even if you find an old copy of the software, it won’t work with any current Macs.īoot Camp software from Apple shook up the computing public upon its apocalyptic arrival in April 2006. Near-extinct Mac models were loaded with Virtual PC emulation software could do Windows, too, but the program was painfully slow. In fact, it’s been possible to run Windows on a Mac for some time - with agonizing limitations. If you own Intel-based Macs, you can run OS X and Windows on one machine. If you use Boot Camp with macOS High Sierra, press and hold Option while restarting your Mac to choose an operating system. Boot Camp creates a Windows partition on your hard drive, along with the Mac OS partition. Boot Camp supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (with OS X 10.6 or later).