Is it possible to run windows apps?

... Without running windows on my iBook G4? I would like to run 2 apps: Digidesigns D-Show and another very small app. I have searched and searched, and the only solution I can find is to emulate windows, but I don't have access to a version of windows. So is there any way to run windows apps without running windows OS?
Rune
12 iBook G4, 1,2 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Rune:
I needed to run a software package for business but did not want to buy a PC. So I installed Virtual PC (not the demo linked here) and run it on my Pismo. It is not super fast, but it does the job. It comes with Windowns XP Professional. A bit costly, though, unless you can pick up a copy like on eBay.
Good luck.
cornelius

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