Parallels or Boot Camp Assistant?

patrickjane

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  • Sep 4, 2016
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    I have a MacBook Air M1 and I want to run engineering softwares like Abaqus and Ansys, which are only available for Windows. As a student, even if I use Windows, I have to use a cracked version of this software. Now, I am confused about whether to use Parallels or Boot Camp Assistant. Boot Camp Assistant is free and gives all of my M1 performance to the specific OS, so I can't see why people use Parallels. Are there any specific reasons why I should use Parallels over Boot Camp Assistant?