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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 453803" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Microsoft simply didn't make a version of Access for the Mac, "why" is anyone's guess.</p><p></p><p>Boot Camp allows you to install Windows XP or Vista on a separate, second partition and run it natively. You can choose to either boot into Mac OS X or Windows, but not have both running at the same time. Boot Camp only supports Vista and XP. The advantage is, your Mac behaves just like a PC because Windows is actually taking full advantage of all your hardware, including your video card. The primary benefit over Parallels is that you can play just about any 3D video game that your video card supports.</p><p></p><p>Parallels Desktop for Mac is virtualization software. It creates a "virtual machine" within a window on your existing Mac OS X session. You can install a variety of different operating systems, including older versions of Windows. Since it runs side-by-side with OS X, you can interact with both systems simultaneously, moving data between both desktops. Parallels also offers full-screen and "Coherence" modes. In the latter, the Windows desktop disappears and only the Windows applications you have running will be visible, including icons within the Mac OS X dock. This integrates the two OSes together, so that it appears that your Windows applications are running on your Mac. That's just a brief synopsis of what Parallels can do - there's a lot more functionality there that I just can't get into. You can read about it at Parallels.com. The only downside is that while you can play some games, not everything will run because the video subsystem runs in an emulated fashion and the video card's full capabilities are not realized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 453803, member: 24098"] Microsoft simply didn't make a version of Access for the Mac, "why" is anyone's guess. Boot Camp allows you to install Windows XP or Vista on a separate, second partition and run it natively. You can choose to either boot into Mac OS X or Windows, but not have both running at the same time. Boot Camp only supports Vista and XP. The advantage is, your Mac behaves just like a PC because Windows is actually taking full advantage of all your hardware, including your video card. The primary benefit over Parallels is that you can play just about any 3D video game that your video card supports. Parallels Desktop for Mac is virtualization software. It creates a "virtual machine" within a window on your existing Mac OS X session. You can install a variety of different operating systems, including older versions of Windows. Since it runs side-by-side with OS X, you can interact with both systems simultaneously, moving data between both desktops. Parallels also offers full-screen and "Coherence" modes. In the latter, the Windows desktop disappears and only the Windows applications you have running will be visible, including icons within the Mac OS X dock. This integrates the two OSes together, so that it appears that your Windows applications are running on your Mac. That's just a brief synopsis of what Parallels can do - there's a lot more functionality there that I just can't get into. You can read about it at Parallels.com. The only downside is that while you can play some games, not everything will run because the video subsystem runs in an emulated fashion and the video card's full capabilities are not realized. [/QUOTE]
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