Widget Pro

We use a programme called Widget Pro to convert and transfer the meta data from our recorder into spreadsheet form. The problem is that this only runs on Windows 9.x 2000 and XP. Do you think there would be a way of using this on a MAC with Windows installed? We currently have OSX 10.4.something. Do we just buy a regular copy of Win Xp and install it or is there a specific one for Intel Macs? Can you even still get Win XP for MAC? Do we need Bootcamp to run Windows or is that so that you can toggle between OS and Windows? Also any ideas how easy this is to do or how much it may cost?
Any prompt answers would be greatly appreciated as we need to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Many thanks
Lloyd Dudley

Hi, mountainbike8.
You wrote: "Any thoughts would be appreacaited."Report the problem you experienced to the author of the widget.
As you stated it is a "beta" release, which means that the developer knows all the bugs are not yet worked out. When you install "beta" code, you're playing Test Pilot.
Then reinstall the previous version and wait for the "beta" to be removed from version 3.0.
Good luck!
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