On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 1:55:54 PM UTC-8, Sarah wrote:
Thanks all, I'm aware of Parallels & VMware. I asked about Wine for a reason - I'm cheap. My need for windows is sporadic (Once a season toying with LXStyler, maybe a spring refresher with LXSim). I don't want to buy a subscription based program, like Parallels, and the associated Windows OS. Do you need to buy a copy of WIndows for VMware? It wasn't obvious on their website.

Yes you need a copy of Windows to run in VMware Fusion, just the same as with Parallels. Didn't a handsome clever person just say they are both virtual machine monitors :-)

Unless you know for sure stuff runs with Wine and you are unlikely to have more need then it can be a false economy. I'd love to burn Windows but there are a half dozen or so apps (esp. Naviter SeeYou and Condor) that I just have to have and want them with me on my MacBook Pro, and then always some other new app to want to try out.