Installing Windows and the dev tools on your Mac (Windows)

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Are you ready to start developing great Windows Store apps for Windows 8, but you don't have a PC handy? That's okay—you can use your Mac! You can use popular third-party apps like Apple Boot Camp, Oracle VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, and Parallels Desktop to install Windows 8 and Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.

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Topic	Description
Using Boot Camp	Use Apple Boot Camp to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.
Using Parallels Desktop	Use Parallels Desktop to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.
Using VirtualBox	Use Oracle VirtualBox to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.
Using VMware Fusion	Use VMware Fusion to install Windows 8 and Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 on your Mac.

Build date: 3/5/2013

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