all good posts. There is no one is better than the other, but there is a clear comment that within the parameters of what most users are doing, using their computer for, the MAc just works. I use both daily, have no problems going back and forth. appreciate the pcs' laptops mostly for what they are, and offer. Love the macs for the ease of doing so many things, and their ability to do them quickly, effectively and with a bit of flair at the same time.

I use parallels on my macbook, and it works fine. I use bootcamp on the imac at home, and it works great too. I imagine either IT or parallels will be rolled into jaguar or soon thereafter. PL was only 50$ when I bought it, I like the fact that I can use it to run JUST one application and not have to switch wholly over to the XP sp2 base.