Mac requirements?

[Garth Wunsch]

So do I have this straight...?
If I use VM Ware's Fusion (or anything else), I have to buy some version of Windows (After my super-aggravating experience with MS/EM2 I am so loathe to give those #%&*& another penny, but if I HAVE to, I will. Can they not touch anything without screwing it up?) I have always ran only Mac software since I converted (salvation  ) four years ago. If I run Windows in some fashion, do I once again have to buy an anti-virus software? Will the digital money pit ever stop gobbling up my bank account?

Thanks everyone
Garth

[Garth Wunsch]

Sorry for the second posting. Seems like the server was slow, and so was my computer.

BTW, my iMac was getting super slow (half hour to boot up). I removed a nearly empty 500gb LaCie external drive and I'm back up to turbo speed again. Had trouble with this particular drive self-ejecting some months ago... it is now history!
Garth

[george]

So do I have this straight...?
If I use VM Ware's Fusion (or anything else), I have to buy some version of Windows (After my super-aggravating experience with MS/EM2 I am so loathe to give those #%&*& another penny, but if I HAVE to, I will.

Yes, you have to have some version of Windows (XP, Vista, or 7)

Can they not touch anything without screwing it up?

No, they can't. 

I have always ran only Mac software since I converted (salvation  ) four years ago. If I run Windows in some fashion, do I once again have to buy an anti-virus software?

Yes, you do.

Will the digital money pit ever stop gobbling up my bank account?

No, never!

--George

[Garth Wunsch]

Thanks for taking the time to help me understand this George.
Garth