Jim Hobart (4/9/2007)
Maccan easily run Vista or Windows XP applications but you need to.
If you have a Mac that was built prior to PC-based chipset you could use Virtual PC. However from my experience on a 17" Powerbook,Windows runs slowly and it is inconvenient to switch between operating systems
Ifusers are fortunate to have a newer Mac OSX with an Intel PC chip, you can have the best of both worlds. (http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html)
You'd have to buy Windows operating system($$) and Parallels Desktop for Mac ($79, with additional copies for $49). Apparently, you can run programs from both Mac and PC at the same time.
Parallels Desktop for Mac --“the leading virtualization solution for the Mac, enabling Mac users to run Windows simultaneously with their Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and laceName w:st="on">MaclaceName> laceName w:st="on">ProlaceName> laceType w:st="on">TowerslaceType>.”
There’s a download a trial of the software from the bottom of this web-page. I think you’d need toinstall Windows operating system to use it:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/
Here’s a review of the pros and cons::
http://www.macworld.com/2006/06/reviews/parallels/index.php
If anyone is using this, please let us know the results.
I'm about ready to go buy a Mac-mini.Having to diagramsecond and thirdmarriages, co-habitation, name changes and adoptions, GenoPro looks like a more logical way of mapping it out.