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Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we’ve ever seen by some margin.

Leigh Dyer arrives in OS heaven with a triple-booting Intel Mac.

Latest Parallels release allows Windows apps to launch from Mac desktop.

We never thought we’d see it happen, but now you can run Windows XP natively on a Mac.

Get your Mac keyboard to cooperate with Windows, without any ugly registry hacks.

Like clowns piling out of the other kind of Mini, you’ll be similarly surprised at how much Apple has managed to squeeze into the Mac mini.

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Test drive the new virtual OS manager

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We test the big three OSes on level ground - Boot Camp.