Macs and PCs working together

Software allowing Mac users to runWindows applications without having to reboot their computers is being taken upmore and more in workplaces, according to publishers Parallels.

Releasing the new ParallelsDesktop 6 for Mac Enterprise Edition, Parallels has said more than 50% of theFortune Global 200 companies have adopted its technology.

The software is particularlypopular among design-oriented firms, Parallels says, with creative departments,who traditionally lean towards Macs, also able to run the Windows-basedapplications used in other departments.

The firm says a recent surveyfound 58% of workers said their employers would allow them to choose between aMac or a PC for their work computer. When asked to choose the most usefulcomputer for work, 53% chose a Mac running Windows applications.

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