Parallels

No, you'd launch "Parallels". A window should open, in which you have a "play" button. Push that. Windows should start. (The .hdd-file is simply a "disk image" file representing the virtual harddrive on which Windows is installed. "Parallels" is the main application, which presents you with the virtual environment.)

fryke. I looked and found a Parallels Folder in Applications. ...

It could be that he was using Parallels for running Windows within Mac OS X virtually. If so, you'd have a "Parallels Desktop" application somewhere in the Applications folder. ...

If all you're seeing is the Mac OS X hard drive, then it's possible that he was running Windows from within Mac OS X using a program called Parallels Desktop. The application should be located in the Macintosh's hard drive in the Applications folder. ...

I heard about this and am worried. That said I basically use office via Parallels now, so as long as they don't try and stop me using office 2007 under emulation like they plan to do with most of the versions of Vista, I'll be ok. ...

If you are in college, XP should be around $49 in the bookstore as an OS upgrade and yes OS X is considered ok my Microsoft, parallels was $40 when i bought it, $79 now, still cheaper than buying a PC with XP.You'd need it if you ran Bootcamp too.

You'd have to buy Parallels and have a copy of Windows. Just a thought. I've never run Picassa so I don't know how it would handle 150,000 pix. ...

According to their site, it's only supported by XP. You'll probably need to install bootcamp or parallels to run it. They may have a driver download for OS X anyways, but I don't want to register on their site just to view the downloads section.. ...

ext editors, I actually don't use word on Mac any more, its ok but slow somehow. I use a very simple editor on the mac then I also run windows on the Machine via parallels and have Office 2003 on that. ...

Her next machine will be an iMac 20" with Parallels so we can run win and os x. That's when we'll catch up to Tiger or beyond. ...