I use my MacBook to run both Mac OS X and Windows XP. To run Windows XP I've previously installed BootCamp (Beta) from Apple in order to install both systems. Since upgrading the my MacBook to 2GB of ram, I though I would try to install Parallels instead of BootCamp, to see if that would solve the issue of having to restart every time i needed to shift system. Basically what I need Windows XP for is to run Visual Studio 2005, which works perfectly in BootCamp, when not mentioning the issues with keyboard setup. Although the keyboard setup works better in Parallels, with 1GB of ram allocated exclusively to Parallels, it doesn't seem to be enough for it to run perfectly. All in all, as for choosing between Parallels and BootCamp for running Visual Studio 2005, I would choose BootCamp, due to the better performance. When that is said, I was very impressed with the overall performance of Parallels, and I'm looking forward for the newly promoted features of the new Parallels Beta to run using the BootCamp partition. The Winner is BootCamp.

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