Windows running on and with Mac OS X

Bravo to Parallels Desktop, especially its Coherence technology introduced in this latest version.

What you see here is Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer 7 running under Windows XP, but behind it is not a XP desktop, but iPhoto running under Mac OS X Tiger. So Windows programs are just like another Mac OS applications floating on top of other programs, no matter it's Mac or Windows programs. You also see Windows XP's launch bar at the bottom and Mac OS X's Dock on the right... and IE7's icon magnified! Yes, with Coherence you can even have Windows programs put on the Dock for easy launching -- it's that transparent!

Now I got both worlds running under the same Mac Mini, sharing the same DVD-RW drive, the same internet connection, and of course the same keyboard and mouse. I can freely copy and paste from programs of one platform to another. In terms of speed, Windows runs almost like native on my Intel Mac.

And I can see I'll have a lot to consult my Wintel brothers for the Windows part in the coming days...