Parallels Desktop+Office

[mikemac1]

Hey all,

I just bought a MacBook (on its way now) and I wanted to know if it is worth it to buy parallels or just get Office:Mac...

I need Word, Excel, PwrPoint and the occasional use of Adobe Photoshop.

Is it worth it to buy parallel for this?

Also....If I do decide to buy Parallel, can I use my MS Office (that I bought for my Dell) as the OS, or do I have to buy an XP software package???

Thanks so much in advance!!!!!

--mike

 

[robbieduncan]

Office is not and has never been an OS. It's an office productivity package. If you want to use an existing Windows copy of Office in Parallels you need a copy of Windows to run it in. XP would work fine.

Or you could buy Office:Mac. Or you could try Crossover Mac which re-implements the Windows API allowing you to run some Windows software in OSX.

 

[mikemac1]

Thanks! But real quick, do I need to buy the XP software (about $100), or can i just install the Office software that I already have?

 

[72930]

Thanks! But real quick, do I need to buy the XP software (about $100), or can i just install the Office software that I already have?

You can use the Office you already have...no Windows needed...

 

[robbieduncan]

You can use the Office you already have...no Windows needed...

Using Crossover. If you use Parallels you need Windows of some sort.