Freelancer running on a Mac?

[Thargoid]

I wouldn't bother running FreeLancer in a VM (Parallels, VirtualBox).

Just dual boot, after all a Mac is just a PC with a different OS.

learn how to install a 'parallel' - is that mac-speak for an emulator?

No, it's software that lets you run a Virtual Machine, basically you run another OS within the operating system you've booted.

For example you could boot into Windows XP from within OS X.

You have to pay for Parallels, I've never used it. VirtualBox is free, and does exactly the same thing, there are plenty of guides on the internet on how to set up a VM and VirtualBox is super duper user friendly.

Personally I wouldn't bother though, running 3D apps in a VM is very buggy, it's best just to dual boot.

Here is a guide on how to dual boot on a Mac