Parallels

With no official evidence, I am optimistic that Vista will run in Leopard via Bootcamp. For one, Vista Beta runs in Parallels. That's a good sign. For two, I can't believe Apple would have come this far only to stop short at Vista (unless Microsoft does something malicious to prevent it from running somehow). Perhaps this is one of the Leopard secrets Jobs is holding.

Parallels is a great way to go if you want to avoid the hassle of shutting down Mac OS X to get into Windows. If you're not gaming in Windows, Parallels is a great alternative: http://www.parallels.com. Parallels allows you to run Windows in a "Window" along side your Mac applications. It's much like Virtual PC, accept that it's not slow like Virtual PC because there's no...

Are you saying its now fine?

You might just have to get Parallels or use Bootcamp but then of course you need a Windows license. ...

I've been using a Mac G5 at work for a couple of years, and love it. Now we have a good offer through work and I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro Dual Xeon for my living room. As a long time Picasa user fearing the loss of a killer app (me and my wife use this extensively), I searched on google and found this thread. I also searched for crossover, paralells and boot camp,...

Here's the catch if you want Picasa...you have to use workarounds? Is this acceptable or even viable to Joe Computer User who is buying their first Mac or much less their first computer? Probably not. Those are alternatives for people who know what WINE, Crossover, Parallels, etc. are. And I'm sticking with my assessement of iPhoto, that it's a decent enough...

Think of Parallels Desktop being like Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare on the PC side. ...

Immanueldk, because Parallels Workstation is just a MacOS X application, you can install it use it and also use Boot Camp to allow your computer to boot natively into Windows XP SP2. ...

Parallels should let you install Windows XP (first) and then install Microsoft Office.

Bootcamp allows one to create a partition on which to install windows, a bootable version of windows xp SP2. Parallels is a program that runs within mac os X and creates a 'virtual computer', an environment to run any operating system in, pretty much, it fools it into thinking it's a normal pc. from this virtual computer, you can isntall windows xp, and it will then run in...