Yes, you will have to install Windows on your Mac. Bootcamp is using Windows as your regular operating system (no Mac OSX at all). Its basically a dual boot machine. Parallels is a little different. Parallels takes Windows and runs it on your mac. So you have two operating systems running at the same time. I have heard, although have never tried, that VMWare will allow you to run Windows on the Mac but have the Windows programs appear in regular mac "windows" (for lack of a better word). So the Windows programs look like they are running directly under the mac. Good luck! David Tom / Reelife Productions wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Hello fellow hidden techers: > > Hoping someone can help clarify how parallels, bootcamp (and other > similar applications) work. Do they allow someone to use a single > PC-only application without actually installing windows on their > mac...or do you have to go through whole process if installing Windows > on a partition of the mac hard-drive (or something like that?)...just to > use a single PC only application. > > Any info will be greatly appreciated. thanks. > > > Regards, > > Tom Adams > Director/Owner > Reelife Documentary Productions > "cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or dumb" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 413.575.9707 > Williamsburg, MA, USA > www.reelifeproductions.com <http://www.reelifeproductions.com> > www.youtube.com/reelife <http://www.youtube.com/reelife> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > producer, drummer, writer, photographer links: > http://web.mac.com/reelifeproductions/iWeb/TomAdams_Portal > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -- -------------------------------------------------------- David Korpiewski Phone: 413-545-4319 Software Specialist I Fax: 413-577-2285 Department of Computer Science ICQ: 7565766 University of Massachusetts Amherst --------------------------------------------------------