Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
Can you tell how ancient my Mac experience is Matt?
It isn't so ancient...
Parallels (which you recommended) continues to be updated and has significant advantages over the use of "Boot Camp". Both run Windows "natively", but Parallels allows you to switch between the Windows and MacOS environments "on the fly" whereas Boot Camp requires a reboot of the Mac to switch environments. Both require purchase of a copy of Windows, but Parallels requires the additional purchase (of course) of Parallels whereas "Boot Camp" is free and already installed on the Mac.