VM fusion and vista

hello folks
Is it possible to just run MS excel through vm fusion with out a windows operating system, or do i need the MS OS in place prior to installing excel???
apologies if that is a really silly question, but i ve just installed vista through VM fusion and its kinda killed my mac...
i dont think my mac has enough power (2 GB, core 1 duo, 80 gb etc...its kinda old)
any help would be great
thanks gt

Hi,
Fusion (and Parallels or VirtualBox or BootCamp) need you to install a full Windows Vista or XP.
Running MS Excel without the need to install Windows before can only be done with Codeweavers Crossover http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
It has a trial version, so can see for yourself if your Mac is powerful enough (it is believe me ).
Regards
Stefan

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Image DeComp N/A N/A
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