In article <uakFj.1465$vD1.769@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Tom" <yahoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Brian Paul Ehni" <behni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:C40B2909.A5E62%behni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On 3/22/08 6:49 PM, in article hWgFj.643$Qv5.543@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Tom"
> > <yahoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Tom" <yahoo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> news:m0kEj.6877$i54.3456@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> "Brian Paul Ehni" <behni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>> news:C4072F9F.A565C%behni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>>> He needs to run Microsoft Access db application what is the
> >>>>>> preferred
> >>>>> method of doing this on the AirBook?
> >>>>
> >>>> Either run Boot Camp and reboot to Windows XP, or, as I prefer,
install
> >>>> Parallels, then Windows XP for MacOS to Windows OS drag and drop.
> >>>> Either
> >>>> way, you will need Office as well; Microsoft, in it's infinite
wisdom,
> >>>> does
> >>>> not offer Access as part of the Mac Office Suite. There's also
> >>>> FileMakerPro
> >>>> - a DB program that is cross-platform!
> >>
> >> Tell me more about Parallels please.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >>
> > It's a third-party program for running Windows or other non-Apple OS
as if
> > it were an application. If you are familiar at all with the Microsoft
> > "Virtual PC" (formerly Connectix), it's the same thing, except
Parallels
> > is
> > much faster than Parallels ever was, because it doesn't have to
emulate
> > the
> > Intel processor architecture; you're already running on it. It's great
for
> > those apps for which there is just no Mac analogue.
> >
> > http://www.parallels.com/
> >
> I'm not familar w/ vitur\aul pc onlt remote desktop. It runs with the
MAc
> OS so no rebnoot is needed?
> I'm check out the link.
> Thanks
>
> Tom
Yes Parallels, as well as VMware Fusion, do not require a reboot
in order to use Windows (or Linux). You do need to provide your
own copy of Windows.
Bob Harris
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