{"id":367,"date":"2006-07-09T11:38:23","date_gmt":"2006-07-09T18:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2006\/07\/09\/newsletter-issue-345-preview-whats-the-best-way-to-run-windows-on-a-mac\/"},"modified":"2008-03-26T08:01:13","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:01:13","slug":"newsletter-issue-345-preview-whats-the-best-way-to-run-windows-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2006\/07\/newsletter-issue-345-preview-whats-the-best-way-to-run-windows-on-a-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #345 Preview: What&#8217;s the Best Way to Run Windows on a Mac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friends, although it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s gotten a lot of press of late, the truth is that you\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ve been able to run Windows on your Mac for years. 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