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When I bought my first iMac in 2010 I partitioned the drive and installed Windows XP and it worked fine. However that iMac crashed and was replaced by Apple. I decided not to install Windows XP on it but to use an old PC for applications that would only work with Windows.
Yesterday I saw the Parallels software package on sale in my local Apple store and asked about it. I don't think a version was available for Mountain Lion in 2010. I understand that I will need Parallels Desktop 8 but I am rather puzzled by the two versions, the more expensive Parallels Desktop 8 switch, the cheaper version in a red box just called Parallel Desktop 8.
It looks as if the switch version would enable me to switch the set up cleanly from PC to iMac and includes comprehensive instructions omitted from the cheaper version.
There are some faults in the current setup of my PC, for example something called SolutionCenter asks me for a feature from a CD that I don't have at initialisation.
Whilst it would be tiresome to have to restart everything from scratch it might anyway be the better solution.
Which version should I buy?
Yesterday I saw the Parallels software package on sale in my local Apple store and asked about it. I don't think a version was available for Mountain Lion in 2010. I understand that I will need Parallels Desktop 8 but I am rather puzzled by the two versions, the more expensive Parallels Desktop 8 switch, the cheaper version in a red box just called Parallel Desktop 8.
It looks as if the switch version would enable me to switch the set up cleanly from PC to iMac and includes comprehensive instructions omitted from the cheaper version.
There are some faults in the current setup of my PC, for example something called SolutionCenter asks me for a feature from a CD that I don't have at initialisation.
Whilst it would be tiresome to have to restart everything from scratch it might anyway be the better solution.
Which version should I buy?