Parallels

.exe files can only be opened in a Windows OS. If you have an intel mac, you can download Bootcamp for free, and install Windows on your mac. You could also run Parallels and run Windows inside OS X If you have a PowerPC mac, you'll need Virtual PC, or a PC to open the file. (all Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, and MacBooks are intel machines. Newer iMacs are intel as well) If...

Run Parallels or Bootcamp and install XP directly on the machine. Pretty sweet! ...

I am not a new Mac user - yet I am confused by your post. 01. Do you have a G4 PowerPC based Mac PowerBook; or, do you have an Intel based Mac Book? or Mac Book Pro? If the former - a G4 PowerBook cannot have Parallels' 'Desktop for Mac' installed on it. 02. '... disable APM in their bios ...' is a PC hardware configuration process; and, is not Apple Macintosh...

Anyone who wants to try Parallels should get the update as well. It adds a few features as well as cures some bugs especially with the Mac Book Pro's. ...

Well, you could always run it using Parallels Desktop on your Mac mini. That would negate the need for running it on the Windows laptop. ...

For me, the only way to really test a website on a pc in IE is to use a pc for the task. Bought a Dell laptop for this. Parallels or Bootcamp should work, though. ...

As for testing in Windows, Parallels all the way, man! It's a bit of an investment, but really not that much. ...

If you've just switched over and maybe have a new Intel Mac, you can install WindowsXP on it using either Apple's BootCamp or Parallels Work Station. ...

I know all about Parrallels... But for my needs i do the dual boot for the M$ games... :)

Parallels already can run Vista.