Duo core question

i have a quick question about this duo core business.
does this mean i can run a windows program on a mac?
i have ACID pro 6 and it says i need Microsoft®
Windows® 2000 (SP4) or XP
is there any way this would work on the new macbook
pros?
thank you
pc....jesus
christ Windows XP
Core Duo and the later Core 2 Duo is the technology that places two cpu cores together on a single silicon chip. This has no bearing on the ability to run Windows Applications.
The technologies that would interest you in this regard are programs that allow you to run Windows programs on your Mac. There are several, but perhaps the two most comon ones are Parallels and Boot Camp.
Boot Camp will allow you to dual boot your Mac into the Windows environment where you can run Windows XP natively on your Mac hardware.
Parallels will let you set up a virtual machine environment where you can run Windows XP from within the Mac OS X enviroment.
http://www.parallels.com/
There are a few other solutions available as well such as Crossover for Mac.
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
You may find this article of interest as it details some of the strengths and weaknesses of each.
http://www.macworld.com/2007/04/features/windows_intro/index.php

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