An emulator for windows software

I need to run a simple windows software program on my Macbook running 10.6.4
I have just looked at crossover and also at iemulator.
It appears that crossover does not require the installation of Windows software. Am I reading that correctly?
iemulator does require windows, but it has the added advantage of working on all my Macs including a non-intel Mac.
I don't anticipate needing this for many applications, but I would like to have something that is simple.
Have you found any solution that might work for me?
Thanks,
Jemel

Your MacBook and your Mac Mini if it has at least 4 USB ports on rear can both use the VMWare, Parallels, VirtualBox, and Boot Camp. These programs are known as virtualization engines. These are not to be confused with emulators. Emulators emulate hardware. An Intel Mac does not need CPU or GPU hardware to be emulated, and only needs the firmware that is more commonly known to PCs to be given to the environment in question.
Crossover does not require Windows installation, but does require an Intel Mac such as your MacBook or a 4 plus USB port Mac Mini. Its application support though is nowhere near as great as actually having a full fledged virtualization software. You can check its website to find out which application support it does have.
Before you get any virtualization, WINE, or Emulator software, ask yourself what applications made for Windows you need to read their documents on a Mac? Maybe there is a Mac public domain software that can read the same documents.
See my FAQ* for some tips:
http://www.macmaps.com/crossplatform.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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