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An Intel-based (post 2005) Macintosh computer is able to run .exe files at the understanding that you also have Windows installed by itself or along side an installation of MacOS.

A PowerPC-based (pre 2005) Macintosh requires an emulator to run any windows based executable.

There are many programs that can be used to run .exe files on a Macintosh computer, unfortunately they are all commercial products. A list of these products include :

1) VirtualPC (approx. $135 (no longer sold))
2) Paralells Desktop (approx. $79.99 (requires Intel-Mac) Does not require a restart to use Windows
3) Apple's Boot Camp (included with MacOS Leopard) Requires restart to boot into Windows
4) VMWare's Fusion (approx $59.99) Recognizes Boot Camp partitions, and allows usage of it without rebooting to Windows
5) Code Weavers Crossover Mac (approx $59.99) Does not require Windows disk. Basically a commercial version of the product WINE which is discussed in the last paragraph on this page. Not guarunteed to work. Try trial before purchasing.

There is one free product which is still in development, which you may or may not have success with. This is due to the fact that there has not been a stable release that has been issued. The program is called DarWINE. This product is based around the popular application that was built for linux called WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator). It is still in development but people have had success running Windows applications without issue.

All products, other than VirtualPC, require an Intel-based Macintosh. DarWINE and VirtualPC can be PowerPC-based or Intel-based.