Microsoft and Apple rivaling every domain starting from the Operating Systems to the iPods and Zunes. Have you ever thought how it would be to use your Windows on Mac PC. But now its possible to run Windows software on Mac pc, just because all the mac are powered by Intel Processor’s unlike the previous one.

With Apple Boot Camp we can install Windows XP on a Macintosh Computer using the original Microsoft Windows XP installation CD with the product key. After installation, you can start up you Macintosh using either Windows XP or Mac OS X. This can be accomplished in the following steps

Your first step isn't to download the application, believe it or not, but rather to decide whether you want to get a free 15-day product key or go ahead and buy the program and get a full product key. I suggest the latter, honestly, because it's very cool and well worth the money. Now, download Parallels Desktop.

Once you get the 23MB disk image, open it up and you'll see a pretty typical set of icons:

Don't just click on the installer, however. Spend a few minutes reading through the User Guide included to double-check that everything's compatible with your configuration. Then you'll find that the installer is quite typical of Mac installers, with a license to accept, a hard disk to select for the installation target, and a few buttons to click. It's so typical I'm not going to even include a screenshot here!

Once the installation is finished, it's time to start the application, which you'll find in a folder called "Parallels" in your Application directory. Click on the program and you'll see a rather intimidating first screen:

Don't panic. Instead, click on the "New VM..." button on the bottom left to launch the New VM Wizard. (VM = virtual machine, remember).

This will help you through the steps necessary to create a new "virtual" computer that will let you install the operating system of your choice, Microsoft Windows XP.

Your first decision will be to determine if you want to create a typical VM, create a custom VM, or create a blank VM:

As the wizard recommends, I also encourage you to choose the default configuration. It's easy to tweak things afterwards, after all.

Since we're doing a default configuration, we need to specify the OS type and version: