# Dumb Q: Will a Mac run PC/Windows software?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-q-will-a-mac-run-pc-windows-software/438102>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-q-will-a-mac-run-pc-windows-software/438102 "2008-02-18T15:25:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-q-will-a-mac-run-pc-windows-software/438102/41 "2008-10-31T13:46:24Z")

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Doesn’t running Windows alongside OS X use up, like, a ton of memory?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-q-will-a-mac-run-pc-windows-software/438102/42 "2008-10-31T14:14:03Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Doesn’t running Windows alongside OS X use up, like, a ton of memory?

It’s not that big an issue.  
First of all, memory is dirt cheap these days, and everyone running a modern OS X machine should have at least 2GB. With 2GB, I can run Parallels and all my Mac stuff with no problems. If I noticed that my performance was suffering, and I had to do this all the time, I would just get more memory. The only Apple machines that have low-memory issues are laptops, which max out at 4GB these days.

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