Get Parallels. Get at least 4gigs RAM. Be ready to be frustrated by the obtuse keyboard shortcuts.
These days I barely get by with 8 gig of RAM.
The keyboard short cuts are easy to deal with and if you want you can get a two or three button mouse. MACs are already set up to use them ala MS.
“Get Parallels. Get at least 4gigs RAM. Be ready to be frustrated by the obtuse keyboard shortcuts.”
Get VMware, but only if you have Windows-only apps you need to run. Most common software, such as Photoshop, Adobe Elements, and even MS Office, are written for both machines.
The Windows keyboard shortcuts you use all the time (CTRL A, C, V, X, P) work the same on Apple, with the Command key instead of CTRL.
There are two big differences you have to remember:
1. there is one big menu at the top of your display, applying to whichever window has focus, instead of a menu attached to each window;
2. Closing the last window of a program does not automatically close the program. You have to Quit, which you can generally do with the shortcut Command-Q.