If you have an older non-Intel Mac, I can pretty much guarantee these SIMs are not going to work in an emulator like Virtual PC. They do not have the video card support which is critical.

Parallels won't work either, AT THE MOMENT, for the same reason, very limited graphics support. That SHOULD be coming, and parrallels performs VERY well as a Windows "box" otherwise, but it is not bootcamp.

With Bootcamp you are essentially booting your Mac as a full fledged PC. No emulation. So it's just a matter of native driver support.

In addition, there is a consortium of game makers who are now making a standard "emulation core" that will be bundled with CERTAIN windows games that will allow them to run under OSX on Macintel machines. The game makers have to "subscribe" to the group and make a few small changes to the programs, and include the "under the hood" emulation bits, but they are otherwise native Windows games. With these small changes, they will boot and run under OSX, and LOOK like they are native OSX games, but in reality, they are running a transpartent emulation technology under the hood. The best thing about this, is it does not require you to purchase a Windows OS license, it uses a Open source windows emulation collection based on a product called "WINE".

Very interesting days for Mac folks. It would be nice if FSOne could get on board with this group. IN the meantime Bootcamp is your best option. Unfortunately G3s and G4s and G5s need not apply.

Rob, get bootcamp up and running with a copy of Windows on that new iMac, and it very well might run and pretty well at that. I have both a Mac and a PC at the moment, and the PC is for Database work and games. I'm hoping a new MacPro can replace the two old boxes and cover all the bases.

Cheers!
Lee