Yes, you heard correctly.
There are two methods of running windows on an Intel Mac.
1. Via a program, supplied by Apple, called Boot Camp. This will partition your HD, format it either in NTFS or FAT, and allow you to install Windows XP SP2 on that partition. On completion you have the choice of booting into Mac OS X or Windows XP. Not both at once. This is NOT emulation or XP running virtually. It is XP running natively.
2. WIth a program called Parallels. This program allows you to run Windows on your Mac but it is done completely differently. Parallels is an emulation program, rather like Virtual PC, which creates a disk image and runs Windows directly from that image. The advantage of this is that there is no need to reboot to get to the other OS. The disadvantage is that Windows is running in emulation and is not anywhere near as fast as the Boot Camp option.
All the Windows switchers that I know have installed XP, booted it a couple of times and then just remained in OS X when they found out that they really did not need Windows for anything.
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I?m interested in buying a Mac Book as I?ve heard they?re reliable machines and worth the money you pay for them. I?d like to hear from people who own Macs what the pros and cons are.
Is it possible to run Windows and programs written for Windows on a Mac? I heard you can install Windows virtually, and run two operation systems. How does this work?

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