How do I run old software on new macbook?

I have six very expensive review CD-roms that I purchased a while back to use at home on my dell. I just bought a macbook (which I love), but I cannot run my CD-roms on it. At the website for the discs, the following warning is given: Compatible with the Windows operating system and Macintosh computers running Virtual PC with Windows. This product is not compatible with the Mac OS X operating system. Any way around this. I would love to be able to use the discs while away from home. I know that I cannot use Virtual PC. Thanks for any help!!!

You'll need to install Windows on your Macbook using either Boot Camp, or Parallels Desktop. Both solutions will require you to purchase a copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Info on both can be found here:
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EDIT: Just realized you are already getting help in your Duplicate Thread. Please post your questions only once. Thanks!

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You'll need to install Windows on your Macbook. This can be done by either using Boot Camp (free, from Apple) or Parallels Desktop for Mac (free trial, $80 retail). Either approach requires that you own an additional copy of Windows (Windows XP sp2 for Boot Camp) which you will then install on your Mac.
In brief, Boot Camp sets up your Mac so you can boot into either OS X or Windows (but not have both running at the same time; you switch via a reboot), and Parallels creates a virtual machine in which you will run Windows while OS X is running. You're correct that you can't run Virtual PC on your Intel-based Mac. Parallels will give you that functionality on your Mac (and be a lot faster than Virtual PC in the process).
You might want to start with Parallels' free trial and see if that meets your needs for these CDs. Parallels doesn't require that you make changes to your partitions on your drive; it just installs an application and creates a virtual disk which to OS X is just another file (albeit a large one), and you don't need to reboot to switch back and forth between Windows and OS X. If it works, you're set.
If you have graphics adapter-intensive Windows applications (e.g., games or something that requires 3D acceleration), you'll be better off with Boot Camp, because the current version of Parallels does not support DirectX or 3D hardware acceleration.
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