Review by Jessica Weissman

Until now my main reason for running Windows on my mac mini was to handle a proprietary program from my employer that required Windows.

That program now works with Fusion, and I’m a much happier camper. Fusion lets me see both Mac and PC drives at once, run both operating systems at once, and avoid rebooting all the time. Rebooting is painful and timeconsuming.

Office 2003 runs fine, and the other programs I use run fine. installation was beyond simple, and Fusion has both a supportive community and decent technical support.

No, I can’t magically run graphics-intensive games on my relatively slow Mac Mini. But I can’t do that well in the mac OS on that setup either, especially since my monitor is an HDTV.

To sum up: no gotchas, easy install, convenient to use, plenty of options. AND NO MORE REBOOTING.