[Syntyr]

You sound knowledgeable on the subject. Do you know if you can run Access on it? I mean a native version. I don’t want to have to use bootcamp and reboot in to a Windows version to use Access.

I would love to have a Macbook for Work but I use Microsoft Office and spefically Access and Project/Visio a LOT.

[devane617]

You can run Parallels 5.0 and not have to boot....Works great...But I believe Access is available for Apple in the native mode.

[Swordmaker]

You sound knowledgeable on the subject. Do you know if you can run Access on it? I mean a native version. I don’t want to have to use bootcamp and reboot in to a Windows version to use Access.

I would love to have a Macbook for Work but I use Microsoft Office and spefically Access and Project/Visio a LOT.

You could try using CrossOverMac from Codeweaver as the least expensive way of running Access on a Mac... but it only works with Access 2003. Codeweavers gives Access a Silver medal... which means it "mostly" works. Access2007 and 2010 are "known not to work."

The other way is guaranteed to work. That is to get either VMWare or Parallels Workstation and a genuine version of WindowsXP, Vista, or 7, and run it under MacOSX...