Running windows programs on macbook

I want to run several windows programs on my macbook. One is called Swordsearcher, a Bible program, and the second is Money Matters, a budgeting program. I've heard of x11 and x86, but I don't understand how they work. If I could run those Windows programs on the MacBook I would be PC-free! Yayy!
Can anyone help? Where do I start?
Thanks...

I use Parallels on my iMac for my PC based programs, or for my PC dominated computer science classes It works really well. You can set up shared folders between the Windows that you install and the Mac. Also, you're not limited to just Windows. You can set up multiple virtual machines with different OS's if you want. Linux, FreeBSD etc etc. I've never messed with those though, so I don't know how well that works.
One thing I noticed that I'm not exactly thrilled about is that if I have the CD/DVD-rom drive enabled on my XP virtual machine, and I slide in a disc, it will be recognized by XP only but will not mount/load on the Mac. So I've had to disable the CD-Rom on the XP virtual machine to get my Mac to recognize discs.
Aside from that, it's one of the best $80 I've ever spent.

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