Windows

[Shells7]

I am a bit of a duffer about this stuff so be kind....I have some CD Roms that I need to install but you have to have Windows to run them and I have a Mac running OS X - can you get Windows for the Mac or is there nothing I can do but use someone else's PC?

[wideboy]

Look up Virtual PC.

[WoWo]

As wideboy says look into Virtual PC, but it's not cheap and if you have an older Mac it might not be powerfull enough to run it

[fo3nix]

if you really need those programs, there may be mac versions of the programs you are after.

you can't use them on a mac, because windows-based pcs use x86 processors (intel ones, etc.), and macs (currently) use powerPC chips. the two are different, so its like trying to speak English to the Japanese: its not gonna work.

some programs, however, come on hybrid CDs that contain both the mac and windows data. see if your CDs are of that kind.