Parallels Desktop Software for Mac

My husband has several business CD Programs, provided by his customers, that can only be opened with Windows. Will Parallels Desktop for Mac work with OS X 10.3.9? This would be his only purpose in purchasing the software. Efforts to get an answer from the Parallels website have been fruitless. Figured if anyone would know it would be Apple folks.
Thanks,
Helen Donnelly

Parallels is designed only to work on Intel Macs. Since Intel Macs all originally came with 10.4.4 or later, logic would say that Parallels does not work with it.
Therefore I'd be looking for a PowerPC solution from my FAQ* http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#WINTEL
Note, you also have to be extremely careful with such programs as many are provided on non-standard disks which may not work with a slot loading drive, if that's what you have:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58641
If you have a slot loading drive and the disks are obviously nonstandard http://www.macsales.com/ offers a variety of tray loading drives that work well with the Mac.
A slot loading drive has no "cup-holder" type drawer (NEVER should it be used as a cup-holder!) that comes out, and just lets you insert the disk in a slot on the machine.
Edit: the iMac G4 has a tray, but it is very hard to eject manually, and therefore I'd still use an external optical drive as opposed to the one internal to the iMac G4. If you have another model Mac, please let us know.
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