So XP doesn't check the hardware for validation then? Cuz a Parallel's "hardware" would be different than the MacBook's, no? I haven't tried installing under Parallel's software y…

I installed the same copy of XP on Boot Camp and Parallels. I had to call Microsoft (well, someone in India, actually) to get a new code because the online activation thing wouldn'…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise What I'm wondering is, how would XP react if you copied the Parallels disk image to another computer after it's been validated. I very…

Both Boot Camp and Parallels will find exactly the same hardware on the Mac, so there should be no reason to revalidate or reauthenticate. I'm not sure exactly how MS's process wo…

I'll try Parallels one day, but I don't want to have to re-setup the whole Windows partition the way I have it under BootCamp. Is there a way to import a Windows partition from Boo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver I'll try Parallels one day, but I don't want to have to re-setup the whole Windows partition the way I have it under BootCamp. Is there a way…

Boot Camp for now, until Parallels is capable of running off the Boot Camp partition. I'm too lazy for two installs, and I need the native installation for games.

Well, I'll have to change my vote...I decided to install Parallels after getting Boot Camp all set up, and was impressed enough by the performance to keep it. It's a bit of a pain …

Quote: Originally Posted by Macola The only downside is that OS X seems somewhat sluggish when I have Parallels running, but that may becasue I only have 1 GB of RAM in my MacBo…

Quote: Originally Posted by TheoCryst Boot Camp for now, until Parallels is capable of running off the Boot Camp partition. I'm too lazy for two installs, and I need the native …

They're working on it, or so they say. I wouldn't think it would be all that hard to implement.

You can put the virtual Parallels drive on the Boot Camp partition. (Or at least Parallels says I can, cuz I have it formatted as FAT32.) You can't use the native Boot Camp install…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker So what do you think? Worth a $40 pre-order (especially now that the final price is $80)? For me, it's well worth $40...even if VM…

P.S. On my MacBook 2.0, I can play back 720p 30 fps H.264 video at about half the frame rate. Not bad. Quote: Originally Posted by Macola For me, it's well worth $40...even …

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker You can put the virtual Parallels drive on the Boot Camp partition. I fail to see the point of doing this, since Parallels and Boot Ca…

I'm thinking $40-$50 is a good price, but $80 is too much. I maybe will have to preorder it as well. I'm spending a lot more on this macbook than I anticipated. ($200 for RAM, $15…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise I fail to see the point of doing this, since Parallels and Boot Camp can't see each other's data. Well, I don't use my Boot Camp partitio…

i want to just install XP to use Slingbox . . . do i need to install bootcamp? or can I just install parallels? or do i have install both?

Parallels was damn buggy when I used it. It locked the whole computer and other times it got really really slow. So I trashed it. Bootcamp works 100% (minus the isight)

I plan on using both... have a MBP on the way which I want to use for some dev work on settop boxes (part of my thesis on IPTV) . The dev tools that I need are on windows and som…

Using both here. Parallels for Visual Studio development and BootCamp for games. I've shut down my PC for good ;-) I've had no problems with Parallels, and the performance isn't…

I paid the early price for Parallels. Still haven't been able to get it to boot any of three different versions of Windows. Requests for help have not been answered. I figure I …

That sounds odd...why don't you post some details and we may be able to help. Many of us here are running XP without a hitch (SP2, anyway) and I also run Ubuntu 5.x without any pro…

Glad this thread is here. I am on the verge of an upgrade: MBP vs. MacPro if it comes out in August. My biggest PC need is for work. I need to use a VPN connection to log in to…

I'll put my vote in for Parallels... The thing I do not like about BootCamp is that you can only use Win XP Full Version with it. Not only is that limiting (primarily because in…