Compatibility is a Myth: Macs Do it All Including run Windows
Many think that using a Mac will sequester them into a finite and esoteric realm of the digital world; the opposite is true. Using a Mac has no impact on email or Internet use and the applications included with OS X - Mac Mail 3.1 and the web browser, Safari – are far superior to their Windows counterparts-Windows Mail and Internet Explorer. The essential desktop applications, Microsoft Office and Abode Acrobat, have Mac versions and a PDF or Word file are the same regardless of the operating system. Read more about file compatibility in the Knowledge Base.
Even if you need to use Windows for a specific program, it's no problem. In 2005 Apple switched to Intel processors, the same ones that run PCs. As a result we can run full versions of Windows, and other operating systems, on the Mac. In many of the video you will see a full version of Vista Ultimate running simultaneously with the Mac and it acts just like any other PC. In this arrangement, OS X is the host operating system and Windows is a “virtual machine.” I know of three ways to run Windows on a Mac. Mac OS X comes with Boot Camp, which boots directly into Windows instead of OS X. Parallels and VM Fusion, are virtualization programs, that allow you to run Windows and OS X simultaneously in a variety of different views. Watch the Video, Windows on a Mac.
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