Parallels Desktop 1.0 for Mac OS X : arstechnica review
The benefits are pretty clear over a real PC: It’s running on the Mac you know and love but you’re not sacrificing access to the occasional Windows-only app that you might need. Maybe you have a copy of Office XP for Windows and don’t want to shell out for the Mac version. Sure, you could load up Apple’s Boot Camp, but using a program like Parallels–or its competitors VMWare, WINE and MS’ Virtual PC–means you don’t have to reboot just to use that accounting program at work.
It is a great prospect and now even Apple is recommending running Parallels on their Get A Mac site:
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