More and more people are buying Macs these days because of their elegant design, quality componentry and powerful graphics and multimedia capabilities. One of the past concerns for Apple lovers has been the availability of software for the Mac operating system, but this has changed. While much of the vast choice of software for the Windows OS has not been available to Mac users in the past, many of these apps are now being developed under the OS X operating system.

As a Mac user you currently have two options to run Windows software on your Mac:

• Natively (the best option...and also FREE): Apple includes technology in their current release of Mac OS X (Leopard) that allows you to install and natively run Windows XP or Vista/7 on your Mac by using Boot Camp (included on your Leopard DVD along with all necessary Windows XP and Vista/7 drivers).
  
  
• Virtually, by using one of several products (like Parallels) that runs at the same time as OS X. This option lets you to rapidly switch between the two operating systems, but isn't as fast as running Windows natively under Boot Camp, nor does it take the place of actually running your Windows apps in a native environment. (Note: any virtual PC environment can also be a memory drain on some computers.)
  
  

If you don't already have the latest Apple OS (Mountain Lion), you should get it... but if you're really stuck on keeping Tiger, then make sure you have at least version 10.4.6, an Intel-based Mac and at least 15 GB of free disk space. You can obtain complete information and download BootCamp from Apple.com. Note: some popular Rose City Software products like Registry First Aid, DiskMagik, DU Meter and TweakMASTER are Windows specific and simply will not be useful on a Mac.