

After you do that, just sit back and let Windows Express do all the work. Windows Express will prompt you to type in the Windows XP or Vista license key. All you need to do with Windows Express is insert the Windows XP or Vista CD into your Mac’s CD/DVD ROM and let Windows Express do the work. For Windows 98, 95, 3.11, etc., the general installation method needs to be used in the virtual machine. These are the only two Windows systems that can be installed on your virtual machine using the Windows Express feature. The Windows Express feature in Parallels Desktop is the easiest installation tool for Windows, which allows you to easily install Windows XP or Vista. Windows in general is a very user unfriendly program to install on a regular PC, however, on a Mac with Parallels Desktop 4.0, the installation of Windows XP or Vista is so simple that even a child can do it. As Parallels builds your virutal PC, you have several options to install Windows, Unix, Linux, or DOS. Here is where Parallels’ product comes in handy. Apple does have a far superior operating system and computer compared to the average PC, however, many Mac users run into a problem when they need a particular application that is only compatible with Windows. Parallels Desktop product line is basically a “virtual machine†which is a computer within a computer. How does this work? It is very simple and user friendly. Any of the Parallels Desktop programs, the most recent being Desktop 3.0 and 4.0, make running a foreign operating system for a PC on your Mac simultaneously with the Mac OS X system. Parallels is a unique software company that creates software which allows you to run non Apple operating systems on your Mac computer.
