Windows
Until recently, if you needed to run a Windows application on a Mac, it was done by emulating a PC in software and that meant that it ran painfully slowly.
All new Macs now use the same Intel processors that are at the heart of many modern PCs and as a result, Windows can be made to work on a Mac.
Apple provide a feature called ‘Boot Camp’ which allows users to select whether the Mac will start up in OS X or Windows that time. You will need to buy and install a full version of Windows to take advantage of Boot Camp.
Using Boot Camp, a Mac will run Windows at the same speed as a similar PC, but moments later, it can be running OS X instead. PCs can’t run OS X
Vista, Microsoft’s new version of Windows needs a very high specification PC in order to run. The new Intel Macs run pre-release versions of Vista very well indeed.
Parallels is a company who have devised a way to run Windows programs within OS X. The software is in it’s early stages, but looks very promising and could suit many users. The great advantage of Parallels is that you’re still running OS X, so material can be cut and pasted between the software that thinks it’s running in Windows and the software actually running in OS X.
Some people need to run an occasional item of software that is only made for Windows.
In many cases there is an alternative Mac solution, otherwise you can run Windows on all the newest Macs, or else run in a ‘Windows environment’. We can advise you the best way of doing what you want.
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