* A feature called Coherence mode hides the Windows desktop and other trappings. So if you're working on the Mac, you can right-click a Word document and have it open in Word for Windows. You can also right-click a document in either universe (a Word file, JPEG, PDF or whatever) the Open With pop-up menu, which lists programs that can open it, now lists both Mac and Windows programs. * You can drag and drop files from the Windows desktop to the Mac desktop, or vice versa. Today, however, the company has released version 3.0 - a $40 upgrade - that breaks down the walls between the two operating systems even further. I reviewed Parallels in the Times last year. Parallels can run any version of Windows back to version 3.1 (and even DOS, Solaris and so on), and it's about 90 percent as fast as running a dedicated Windows PC. You can copy and paste between Mac and Windows programs, and you save a lot of time. It lets you run Windows *in a window*, right on top of Mac OS X, so you don't have to restart when you want to run a Windows program. One solution is a program called Parallels Desktop for Mac ($80, ).
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