Would the Sony Vegas Movie Studio Pro 9 software be compatible with a Mac computer?

I'm in the market for a laptop, which I would be using for school but mostly visual editing. I was planning on getting Sony Vegas 9 for my editing program but then I realized it might not work on a Mac, which is what I'm (hopefully) going to be getting for my laptop, so does anyone know if they'd work together? Or if Apple has something similar but better then Sony Vegas 9?? Thanks!|||There's multiple ways to get windows based applications to run on the mac, although finding a similar alternate application may be faster in cases.





If iMovie doesn't do the trick for you(I'd check out the free demo if you have access to a mac) there's three main ways to get windows apps to work on the Mac:





Crossover:





Codeweavers Crossover is a pretty cheap application that will make a large amount of basic windows type applications work on the Mac. It's emulation based and thus also does not require you to own a license of Windows to make it work. It's the cheapest option and works well for simple applications.





Parallels is another application that makes most windows applications work on your mac. It uses actual windows driver and kernel files and thus requires you to own a license for the windows version you wish to emulate. If you already have a windows computer that might do however. Parallels takes the most time to set up out of the options and is more expensive but is great if you have a large host of windows applications you'd like to use while booted to Mac OS X or if you'd like to use them alongside Mac applications.





Boot Camp:


It's a surefire way to make all windows applications work on your Mac by simply installing windows on your Mac. You'll need a copy of Windows XP SP2(Service Pack 2) or above or alternatively a copy of Windows Vista(Any will do). Boot camp is built into your Mac and you should be able to find it in your utilities.





There's a good step by step guide as to how to use boot camp and there's really no better way to install and use windows applications on your Mac.


Here's a link the Apple's official installation guide:


(http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup.pdf)








Best of Luck whichever option you choose~!





P.S.: If you go with Boot Camp or Parallels you MUST use XP SP2 or above, I cannot stress this enough. Any earlier versions of windows and any disc that is not at least Service Pack 2 can't see the mac volume and will assume it's being installed to a blank disk. Thus loosing all files on your Mac boot.