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Have a Mac? Need Windows 7? There’s a way to access Windows without separate boot-up:

Parallels Desktop for Mac Windows 7 Mac OSX

A frequent commenter made a decidedly pointed observation in my blog recently, responding to a post about a powerful new desktop PC from Apple.
In his typically understated way, O.C. Jones said: “Seems as if you’ve turned into a regular Dr. Mac.”
Of course, Jones was referring to Bob LeVitus, who writes the column about Apple and [...]

Switching to a Mac infrastructure may sound like an expensive proposition for a small-business owner. However, some businesses who have made the change say they made the right choice. The cost savings on security and ease-of-use quickly paid off incurred expenses, they said. Relearning some tasks that operate differently on a Mac may be a [...]

“Walt Mossberg says his Vista startup experience was pretty horrid because of the tons of ads and other things that OEMs load onto the OS. They do that to try to make a few extra bucks on each machine sold. Microsoft can’t stop them because the DOJ made it impossible to push around the OEMs [...]

Are you hesitant to switch to a Macintosh because you don’t want to miss your favorite Windows applications? Now you have no excuses, with a new version of Parallels virtualization software offering better ease of use and new features.
With Parallels, Intel processor Mac computers can run Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, or other operating systems [...]

March 09, 2007 (Computerworld) — Not too long ago, ad agencies, design firms and other creative companies were about the only businesses that widely deployed Macintosh computers to their employees. But for a number of reasons, word of the benefits of Apple Inc. hardware — and software — on enterprise desktops is now spreading. That [...]

Apple is starting to promote the usefulness of the Mac in business. Seems to be an effective strategy to help break the stereotype of Macs being accepted only by graphics and video types. Looks interesting:

http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/sb-switch/apple/index.html?s=203
According to Apple, The Mac is the best tool for both the office and the home, making it the ideal computer [...]