Trying to run windows compatible software on mac

Love my new mac. Have no desire to go back to windows or microsoft ever again. That said my daughter has one drawing program that software is listed as compatible with windows only (from fisher price) that she loved before our last computer died. Is there any hope or downloads I can use in order to get this up on my mac? It's really the only windows related thing I need, I don't want to have to purchase XP and get it on this as well for one thing, was hoping by now there was some sort of download that would allow software to be played on apple.

Try Crossover before you buy it. They have a great idea. The problem is there aren't a lot of programs it works with easily. I usually use VMWare Fusion and windows xp pro. That works good for most things.
If your daughter wants a nice drawing program there are some good ones for Macs. Try SeaShore or PaintBrush. They are both good and fairly simple to use. The price is right also:->

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