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Old 01-29-2015, 11:36 PM   #74
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Yes, it's basically a virtual machine for OS X. Parallels lets you operate Windows in 2 modes - where Windows operates its programs as individual windows in OS X (it'd be like each program is a little app is probably the best way to describe it), or you can go full-screen Windows desktop mode (what I use).

And yes, you need to provide your own valid copy of Windows. I used a college program back when I was an undergraduate - many colleges have a deal with Microsoft to offer the OS for very cheap (< $20).
For what its worth I use VMWare 7 on my MacBook running OS X 10.10.2. I initially tried Windows XP without success but once I created a Windows 7 virtual machine all was good.
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